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Standing Rules 



FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE 



Senate of the United States 



WITH RULES FOR THE REGULA- 
TION OP THE SENATE WING OF 
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL 
ADOPTED BY THE COM- 
MITTEE ON RULES 

Corrected to January i, igao 




V7ASHINGKrON 
1917 



Standing Rules 



FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE 



Senate of the United States 



WITH RULES FOR THE REGULA- 
TION OF THE SENATE WING OF 
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL 
ADOPTED BY THE COM- 
MITTEE ON RULES 

Corrected to J^u>uary i, 1920 




V7ASHINGTON 
1917 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Standing rui,es for conducting business in thk Senate of 

THE United States 5 

Index to 43 

rui<es for the regui.ation of the senate wing of the 

United States Capitoi, , 69 

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STANDING RULES FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE 
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



[Eules adopted Jan. 11, effective Jan. 21, 1884. Citations to all amendments are indicated 

by footnotes.] 



EULE I. 

APPOINTMENT OF A SENATOR TO THE CHAIS.^ 

1. In the absence of the Vice-President, the Senate shall 

choose a President Jpro tempore, [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX. 

2. In the absence of the Vice-President, and pending the 
election of a President pro tempore, the Secretary of the Senate, 
or in his absence the Chief Clerk, shall perform the duties of 

the Chair. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX. 

3. The President pro tempore shall have the right to name 
in open Senate, or, if absent, in writing, a Senator to perform 
the duties of the Chair; but such substitution shall not extend 
beyond an adjournment, except by unanimous consent. 

[Jefl'erson's Manual, Sec. IX. 

^ On motion by Mr. Evarts, the Senate resumed the consideration of the 
resolution relative to the tenure of office of the President pro tempore; and 
having been amended on the motion of Mr. Turpie to read as follows: 

Resolved, That it is competent for the Senate to elect a President pro 
tempore, who shall hold the office during the pleasure of the Senate and 
until another is elected, and shall execute the duties thereof during all 
future absences of the Vice-President until the Senate otherwise order. 

After debate, the resolution as amended was agreed to. 

[S. Jour., 165, 51-1, Mar. 12, 1890. 
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6 STAXDIXG RULES OF THE SENATE. 

4. ^ In event of a vacancy in the office of the Vice-President, ^ 
or whenever the powers and duties of the President shall 
devolve on the Vice-President, the President fro tempore^ shall 
have the right to name, in writing, a Senator to perform the 
duties of the Chair during his absence; and the Senator so 
named shall have the right to name in open session, or in 
writing, if absent, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair, 
but such substitution shall not extend beyond adjournment, 
except by unanimous consent. 

[Jefierson's Manual, Sec. IX. 

EULE II. 

OATHS, ETC. 

The oaths or affirmations required by the Constitution and 
prescribed by law shall be taken and subscribed by each 
Senator, in open Senate, before entering upon his duties. 

(See Page 48. 

KULE III. 

COMMENCEMENT OF DAILY SESSIONS. 

1. The Presiding Officer having taken the chair, and a 
quorum being present, the Journal of the preceding day shall 

1 As amended S. Jour., 254, 56-1, Apr. 6, 1900; S. Jour., 41, 58-3, Dec. 
15, 1904. 

2 As amended S. Jour., 331, 332, 57-1, Apr. 18, 1902. 

3 Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, submitted the following resolution; which 
was considered by unamimous consent and agreed to: 

Resolved, That whenever a Senator shall be designated by the President 
pro tempore to perform the duties of the Chair during his temporary absence 
he shall be empowered to sign, as acting President pro tempore, the enrolled 
bills and joint resolutions coming from the House of Representatives for 
presentation to the President of the United States. 

[S. Jour., 47, 58-3, Jan. 4, 1905. 



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be read, and any mistake made in the entries corrected. The 
reading of the Journal shall not be suspended unless by 
unanimous consent; and when any motion shall be made to 
amend or correct the same, it shall be deemed a privileged 
question, and proceeded with until disposed of. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sees. VI, XLIX. 

2. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the Senators 

duly chosen and sworn. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. VI. 

RULE IV. 

JOURNAL. 

1. The proceedings of the Senate shall be briefly and accu- 
rately stated on the Journal. Messages of the President in 
full; titles of bills and joint resolutions, and such parts as shall 
be affected by proposed amendments; every vote, and a brief 
statement of the contents of each petition, memorial, or paper 
presented to the Senate, shall be entered. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLIX. 

2. The legislative, the executive, the confidential legisla- 
tive proceedings, and the proceedings when sitting as a 
Court of Impeachment, shall each be recorded in a separate 

book. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLIX. 

RULE V. 



QUORUM — ABSENT SENATORS MAY BE SENT FOR. 

1. No Senator shall absent himself from the service of the 

Senate without leave. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. VIII. 

2. If, at any time during the daily sessions of the Senate, 
a question shall be raised by any Senator as to the presence 



8 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

of a quorum, the Presiding Officer shall forthwith direct the 
Secretary to call the roll and shall announce the result, and 
these proceedings shall be without debate. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. VII. 

3. Whenever upon such roll call it shall be ascertained that 
a quorum is not present, a majority of the Senators present 
may direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to request, and, when nec- 
essary, to compel the attendance of the absent Senators, 
which order shall be determined without debate; and pend- 
ing its execution, and until a quorum shall be present, no 
debate nor motion, except to adjourn, shall be in order. 

[Jefierson's Manual, Sees. VII, VIII. 

RULE VI. 

PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS. 

1. The presentation of the credentials of Senators elect 
and other questions of privilege shall always be in order, 
except during the reading and correction of the Journal, 
while a question of order or a motion to adjourn is pending, 
or while the Senate is dividing; and all questions and mo- 
tions arising or made upon the presentation of such creden- 
tials shall be proceeded with until disposed of. 

2. The Secretary shall keep a record of the certificates of 
election of Senators by entering in a well-bound book kept 
for that purpose the date of the election, the name of the 
person elected and the vote given at the election, the date 
of the certificate, the name of the governor and the secretary 



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of state signing and countersigning the same, and the State 
from which such Senator is elected.^ 

^ FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF El^ECTION. 

Mr. Kern submitted the following resolution; which was considered by- 
unanimous consent and agreed to. 

Resolved, That in the opinion of the Senate the following are convenient 
and sufficient forms of certificate of election of a Senator or the appoint- 
ment of a Senator, to be signed by the executive of any State in pursuance 
of the Constitution and the statutes of the United States : 
" To the President of the Senate of the United States: 

" This is to certify that on the — day of , 19 — , A B — ■ 

was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the State of a Senator 

from said State to represent said State in the Senate of the United States 
for the term of six years, beginning on the 4th day of March, 19 — , 

"Witness: His excellency our governor , and our seal hereto 

affixed at this — day of , in the year of our Lord 19 — . 

"By the governor: 

"C D , 

''E F , ''Governor. 

' ' Secretanj of State . ' ' 
" To the President of the Senate of the United States: 

"This is to certify that, pursuant to the power vested in me by the 

Constitution of the United States and the laws of the State of , I, 

A B , the governor of said State, do hereby appoint C • 

D a Senator from said State to represent said State in the Senate of 

the United States until the vacancy therein, caused by the of E 

F , is filled by election as provided by law. 

"Witness: His excellency our governor , and our seal hereto 

affixed at this — day of , in the year of our Lord 19 — . 

"By the governor: 

"G H , 

"I J , "Governor. 

"■Secretary of State." 

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate shall send copies of these 
suggested forms and these resolutions to the executive and secretary of 
each State wherein an election is about to take place or an appointment 
is to be made in season that they may use such forms if they see fit. 

[S. Jour., 472, 63-2, Aug. 20, 1914.] 



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RULE VII. 
MORNING BUSINESS. 

1. After the Journal is read, the Presiding Officer shall lay 
before the Senate messages from the President, reports and. 
communications from the heads of Departments,^ and other 
communications addressed to the Senate, and such bills, 
joint resolutions, and other messages from the House of 
Representatives as may remain upon his table from any 
previous day's session undisposed of. The Presiding Officer 
shall then call for, in the following order: 

The presentation of petitions and memorials. 

Reports of standing and select committees. 

The introduction of bills and joint resolutions. 

Concurrent and other resolutions. ^ 
All of which shall be received and disposed of in such order, 
unless unanimous consent shall be otherwise given. 

[Jefferson'^ Manual, Sec. XIV. 

2. ^ Senators having petitions, memorials, pension bills, 
bills for the payment of private claims or for the correction 

^ On motion of Mr. Lodge, the Senate proceeded to consider the following 
resolution; which was agreed to, 

Resolved, That no communications from heads of Departments, Com- 
missioners, Chiefs of Bureaus, or other executive officers, except when 
authorized or required by law, or when made in response to a resolution of 
the Senate, will be received by the Senate unless such communications 
shall be transmitted to the Senate by the President. 

[S. Jour., 122, 601, Jan. 16, 1908. 

2 On motion by Mr. Hoar, 

Ordered, That until otherwise ordered, the Chair shall proceed with the 
call for resolutions to be newly offered before la^dng before the Senate 
resolutions which came over from a former day. 

[S. Jour., 102, 49-1 Dec. 17, 1885. 

3 As amended S. Jour. 548, 59-1, May 31, 1906. 



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of naval or military records to present after the morning 
hour may dehver them to the Secretary of the Senate, 
indorsing upon them their names and the reference or dispo- 
sition to be made thereof, and said petitions, memorials, 
and bills shall, with the approval of the Presiding Officer, 
be entered on the Journal with the names of the Senators 
presenting them as having been read twice and referred to 
the appropriate committees, and the Secretary of the Senate 
shall furnish a transcript of such entries to the official 
reporter of debates for publication in the Kecord. 

1 It shall not be in order to interrupt a Senator having the 
floor for the purpose of introducing any memorial, petition, 
report of a committee, resolution, or bill. It shall be the 
duty of the Chair to enforce this rule without any point of 
order hereunder being made by a Senator. 

3. Until the morning business shall have been concluded, 
and so announced from the Chair, or until the hour of 1 
o'clock has arrived, no motion to proceed to the consider- 
ation of any bill, resolution, report of a committee, or other 
subject upon the Calendar shall be entertained by the Pre- 
siding Officer, unless by unanimous consent; and if such 
consent be given the motion shall not be subject to amend- 
ment, and shall be decided without debate upon the merits 
of the subject proposed to be taken up ^: Provided, however, 
That on Mondays the calendar shall be called under Eule 
VIII, and during the morning hour no motion shall be 
entertained to proceed to the consideration of any bill, reso- 
lution, report of a committee, or other subject upon the 
calendar except the motion to continue the consideration 

1 As amended S. Jour., 548, 59-1, May 31, 1906. 

2 As amended S. Jour., 290, 65-2, July 2, 1918. 



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of a bill, resolution, report of a committee, or other subject 
against objection as provided in Rule VIII. 

[Jefferson's Manual, See. XIV. 

4. Every petition or memorial shaU be referred, without 
putting the question, unless objection to such reference is 
made ; in which case all motions for the reception or reference 
of such petition, memorial, or other paper shaU be put in 
the order in which the same shaU be made, and shaU not be 
open to amendment, except to add instructions. 

[Jefierson's Manual, Sec. XIX. 

5. ^ Every petition or memorial shall be signed by the 
petitioner or memoriahst and have indorsed thereon a brief 
statement of its contents, and shall be presented and referred 
without debate. But no petition or memorial ^ or other paper 
signed by citizens or subjects of a foreign power shall be 
received, unless the same be transmitted to the Senate by 

the President. [JeSerson's Manual, see. XIX. 

6. ^That only a brief statement of the contents, as pro- 
vided for in Rule VII, paragraph ^ve, of such communica- 
tions as are presented under the order of business ^Tresen- 
tation of petitions and memorials" shall be printed in the 
Congressional Record; and that no other portion of such 
communications shall be inserted in the Record unless 
specifically so ordered by vote of the Senate, as provided 
for in Rule XXIX, paragTaph one; except that communica- 

1 As amended S. Jour., 427, 428, 50-1, Mar. 6, 1888. 

- On motion by Mr. Manderson, 

Ordered, That when petitions and memorials are ordered printed in the 
Congressional Record the order shall be deemed to apply to the body of 
the petition only, and the names attached to said petition or memorial shall 
not be printed unless specially ordered by the Senate. 

[S. Jour., 2S0, 49-2, Feb. 7, 1887. 

3 As amended S. Joui-., 29S, 65-1, Oct. 5, 1917. 



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tions from the legislatures or conventions, lawfully called, 
of the respective States, Territories, and insular possessions 
shall be printed in full in the Record whenever presented, 
and the original copies of such communications shall be 
retained in the files of the Secretary of the Senate. 

7. ^ The Presiding Officer may at any time lay, and it shall 
be in order at any time for a Senator to move to lay, before 
the Senate, any bill or other matter sent to the Senate by the 
President or the House of Representatives, and any question 
pending at that time shall be suspended for this purpose. 
Any motion so made shall be determined without debate. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 

RULE YIII. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

At the conclusion of the morning business for each day, 
unless upon motion the Senate shall at any time otherwise 
order, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the 
Calendar of Bills and Resolutions, and continue such con- 
sideration until 2 o'clock; ^ and bills and resolutions that are 
not objected to shall be taken up in their order, and each 
Senator shall be entitled to speak once and for five minutes 
only upon any question; and the objection may be interposed 
at any stage of the proceedings, but upon motion the Senate 
may continue such consideration; and this order shall com- 

1 As amended S. Jour., 431, 48-1, Mar. 17, 1884. 

2 Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution; which was considered by 
unanimous consent and agreed to : 

Resolved, That after to-day, unless otherwise ordered, the morning hour 
shall terminate at the expiration of two hours after the meeting of the 
Senate. 

[S. Jour., 1266, 50-1. Aug. 10, 1888. 



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mence immediately after the call for '^concurrent and other 
resolutions/' and shall take precedence of the unfinished 
business and other special orders. But if the Senate shall 
proceed with the consideration of any matter notwithstand- 
ing an objection, the foregoing provisions touchmg debate 

shall not apply. [Jeflerson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 

^All motions made before 2 o'clock to proceed to the con- 
sideration of any matter shall be determined without debate. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 

RULE IX. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS 

Immediately after the consideration of cases not objected 
to upon the Calendar is completed, and not later than 2 
o'clock, if there shall be no special orders for that time, the 
Calendar of General Orders shall be taken up and proceeded 
with in its order, beginning with the first subject on the Cal- 
endar next after the last subject disposed of in proceeding 
with the Calendar; and in such case the following motions 
shall be in order at any time as privileged motions, save as 
against a motion to adjourn, or to proceed to the considera- 
tion of executive business, or questions of privilege, to wit: 

First. A motion to proceed to the consideration of an 
appropriation or revenue bill. 

Second. A motion to proceed to the consideration of any 
other bill on the Calendar, which motion shall not be open 
to amendment. 

Third. A motion to pass over the pending subject, which 
if carried shall have the effect to leave such subject without 
prejudice in its place on the Calendar. 

1 As amended S. Jour. 431, 442, 48-1, Mar. 17, 19, 1884. 



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Fourth. A motion to place such subject at the foot of the 
Calendar. 

Each of the foregoing motions shall be decided without 
debate and shall have precedence in the order above named, 
and may be submitted as in the natm-e and with all the rights 

of questions of order. [Jefferson's Manual, Sees. XW, XXXHI. 

RULE X. 

SPECIAL OEDEES. 

1. Any subject may, by a vote of two-thu*ds of the Sena- 
tors present, be made a special order; and when the time so 
fixed for its consideration arrives the Presiding Officer shall 
lay it before the Senate, unless there be unfinished business 
of the preceding day, and if it is not finally disposed of on 
that day it shall take its place on the Calendar of Special 
Orders m the order of time at which it was made special, 
unless it shaU become by adjournment the unfinished busi- 
ness. [Jefferson's Manual, Sees. XVin, XXXin. 

2. When two or more special orders have been made for 
the same time, they shaU have precedence accordmg to the 
order in which they were severally assigned, and that order 
shall only be changed by dhection of the Senate. 

^And all motions to change such order, or to proceed to 
the consideration of other business, shall be decided without 

debate. [Jefferson's Manual, Sees. X^'IH, XXXm. 

RULE XL 

OBJECTION TO EEADING A PAPER. 

When the readmg of a paper is called for, and objected to, 
it shall be determmed by a vote of the Senate, without 

debate. [Jefferson's Manual, See. XXXII. 

^ As amended S. Jour. 431, 442, 48-1, Mar. 17, 19, 1884. 



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KULE XII. 

VOTING, ETC. 

1. When the yeas and nays are ordered, the names of 
Senators shaU be called alphabetically; and each Senator 
shall, without debate, declare his assent or dissent to the 
question, unless excused by the Senate; and no Senator shall 
be permitted to vote after the decision shall have been 
announced by the Presiding Officer, but may for sufficient 
reasons, with unanimous consent, change or withdraw his 
vote. No motion to suspend this rule shall be in order, nor 
shall the Presiding Officer entertain any request to suspend 

it by unanimous consent. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLI. 

2. When a Senator declines to vot« on call of his name, 
he shall be required to assign his reasons therefor, and having 
assigned them, the Presiding Officer shall submit the ques- 
tion to the Senate: ''Shall the Senator, for the reasons 
assigned by him, be excused from voting?'' which shaU be 
decided without debate; and these proceedings shall be had 
after the roU call and before the result is announced; and 
any further proceedings in reference thereto shall be after 

such amiOUncement. [Jefferson's Manual, Sees. XVn, XLI. 

^ 3. No request by a Senator for unanimous consent for 
the taking of a final vote on a specified date upon the passage 
of a bill or joint resolution shall be submitted to the Senate 
for agreement thereto until, upon a roll call ordered for the 
purpose by the presiding officer, it shall be disclosed that a 
quorum of the Senate is present; and when a unanimous 
consent is thus given the same shall operate as the order of 

1 As amended S. Jour. 74, 63-2, Jan. 16, 1914. 



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the Senate, but any unanimous consent may be revoked by 
another unanimous consent granted in the manner pre- 
scribed above upon one day's notice. 

RULE XIII. 

RECOXSIDEEATION . 

1. When a question has been decided by the Senate, any 
Senator voting with the prevailing side may, on the same 
day or on either of the next two days of actual session there- 
after, move a reconsideration; and if the Senate shaU refuse 
to reconsider, or upon reconsideration shall afl&rm its first 
decision, no further motion to reconsider shall be in order 
unless by unanimous consent. Every motion to reconsider 
shaU be decided by a majority vote,^ and may be laid on 
the table without affecting the question in reference to which 
the same is made, which shall be a final disposition of the 

motion. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLIII. 

2. When a bill, resolution, report, amendment, order, or 
message, upon which a vote has been taken, shall have gone 
out of the possession of the Senate and been communicated 
to the House of Representatives, the motion to reconsider 
shall be accompanied by a motion to request the House to 
return the same; which last motion shall be acted upon 
immediately, and without debate, and if determined in the 
negative shall be a final disposition of the motion to 

reconsider. [Jefierson's Manual, Sec. XLIII. 

^ As amended S. Jour. 945, 49-1, June 21, 1886. 
24770°— S. Doc. 743, 64-2 2 



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RULE XIV. 

BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, AND RESOLUTIONS. 

1. Whenever a bill or joint resolution shall be offered, its 
introduction shall, if objected to, be postponed for one day. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXIII. 

2. Every bill and joint resolution shall receive three read- 
ings previous to its passage, which readings shall be on three 
different days, xmless the Senate unanimously direct other- 
wise; and the Presiding Officer shall give notice at each 
reading whether it be the first, second, or third: ^Provided, 
That the first or second reading of each bill may be by title 
only, unless the Senate in any case shall otherwise order. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXII. 

3. No bill or joint resolution shall be committed or 
amended until it shall have been twice read, after which it 
may be referred to a committee; bills and joint resolutions 
introduced on leave, and bills and joint resolutions from the 
House of Representatives, shall be read once, and may be 
read twice, on the same day, if not objected to, for reference, 
but shall not be considered on that day as in Committee of 
the Whole, nor debated, except for reference, unless by 

unanimous consent. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXV. 

4. Every bill and joint resolution reported from a com- 
mittee, not having previously been read, shall be read once, 
and twice, if not objected to, on the same day, and placed 
on the Calendar in the order in which the same may be 
reported; and every bill and joint resolution introduced on 
leave, and every bill and joint resolution of the House of 
Representatives which shall have received a first and second 

1 As amended S. Jour. 71, 63-2, Jan. 14, 1914. 



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reading without being referred to a committee, shall, if 
objection be made to further proceeding thereon, be placed 

on the Calendar. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXV. 

5. All resolutions shall lie over one day for consideration, 
unless by unanimous consent the Senate shall otherwise 

direct. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXV. 

RULE XV. 

BILLS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 

1. All bills and joint resolutions which shall have received 
two readings shall first be considered by the Senate as in 
Committee of the Whole, after which they shall be reported 
to the Senate; and any amendments made in Committee of 
the Whole shall again be considered by the Senate, after 
which further amendments may be proposed. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sees. XXVI, XXX. 

2. When a bill or resolution shall have been ordered to be 
read a third time, it shall not be in order to propose amend- 
ments, unless by unanimous consent, but it shall be in order 
at any time before the passage of any bill or resolution to 
move its commitment; and when the bill or resolution shall 
again be reported from the committee it shall be placed on 
the Calendar, and when again considered by the Senate it 
shall be as in Committee of the Whole. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sees. XXVI, XXX. 

3. Whenever a private bill is under consideration, it shall 
be in order to move, as a substitute for it, a resolution of the 
Senate referring the case to the Court of Claims, under the 
provisions of the act approved March 3, 1883. 



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KULE XVI. 
AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATION BILLS, 

1. All general appropriation bills shall be referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations, except ^ the following bills, 
which shall be severally referred as herein indicated, namely: 
The bill making appropriations for rivers and harbors, to 
the Committee on Commerce; ^ the agricultural bill, to the 
Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; the Army and the 
Mihtary Academy bills, to the Committee on Military Affairs; ^ 
the Diplomatic and Consular Service bill, to the Committee 
on Foreign Eelations; the Indian biU, to the Committee on 
Indian Affairs; the Naval biU, to the Committee on Naval 
Affairs ; The pension bill, to the Committee on Pensions ; the 
Post-Office bill to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post- 
Eoads; and no amendments shall be received to any general 
appropriation biU the effect of which will be to increase an 
appropriation already contained in the bill, or to add a new 
item of appropriation, unless it be made to carry out the 
provisions of some existing law, or treaty stipulation, or 
act, or resolution previously passed by the Senate during 
that session; or unless the same be moved by direction of a 
standing or select committee of the Senate, or proposed in 
pursuance of an estimate of the head of some one of the 
departments. 

■^ [Jefierson's Manual, Sec. XXXV. 

2. AU amendments to general appropriation bills moved 
by direction of a standing or select committee of the Senate, 
proposing to increase an appropriation already contained in 
the biU, or to add new items of appropriation, shall, at least 

1 As amended S. Jour. 86, 55-3, Jan. 28, 1899. 

2 As amended S. Jour. 140, 66-1, July 23, 1919. 



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one day before they are considered, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on Appropriations, and when actually proposed to the 
bill no amendment proposing to increase the amount stated 
in such amendment shall be received; in like manner, amende 
ments proposing new items of appropriation to river and har- 
bor bills shall, before being considered, be referred to the 
Committee on Commerce; also amendments to bills estab- 
lishing post-roads, or proposing new post-roads, shall, before 
being considered, be referred to the Committee on Post- 

Offices and Post-Roads. [Jefferson's Manual, see. XXXV. 

3. No amendment which proposes general legislation shall 
be received to any general appropriation bill, nor shall any 
amendment not germane or relevant to the subject-matter 
contained in the bill be received; nor shall any amendment 
to any item or clause of such bill be received which does not 
directly relate thereto; and all questions of relevancy of 
amendments under this rule, when raised, shall be submitted 
to the Senate and be decided without debate; and any 
amendment to a general appropriation bill may be laid on 

the table without prejudice to the bill. [JefEerson's Manual, Sec. XXXV. 

4. No amendment, the object of which is to provide for a 
private claim, shall be received to any general appropriation 
bill, unless it be to carry out the provisions of an existing law 
or a treaty stipulation, which shall be cited on the face of the 

amendment. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXXV. 



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KULE XVII. 

AMENDMENT MAY BE LAID ON THE TABLE WITHOUT PREJU- 
DICE TO THE BILL. 

When an amendment proposed to any pending measure is 
laid on the table, it shall not carry with it, or prejudice, such 
measure. 

RULE XVIII. 

AMENDMENTS — DIVISION OF A QUESTION. 

If the question in debate contains several propositions, 
any Senator may h.ave the same divided, except a motion to 
strike out and insert, which shall not be divided; but the 
rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one proposition 
shall not prevent a motion to strike out and insert a different 
proposition; nor shall it prevent a motion simply to strike 
out; nor shall the rejection of a motion to strike out prevent 
a motion to strike out and insert. But pending a motion to 
strike out and insert, the part to be stricken out and the part 
to be inserted shall each be regarded for the purpose of amend- 
ment as a question; and motions to amend the part to be 
stricken out shall have precedence. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sees. XXXV, XXXVI. 

RULE XIX. 

DEBATE. 

1. When a Senator desires to speak, he shall rise and ad- 
dress the Presiding Officer, and shall not proceed imtil he is 
recognized, and the Presiding Officer shall recognize the Sena- 
tor who shall first address him. No Senator shaU interrupt 
another Senator in debate without his consent, and to obtain 



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such consent he shall first address the Presiding Officer; and 
no Senator shall speak more than twice upon any one question 
in debate on the same day without leave of the Senate, which 
shall be determined without debate. 

[JeflEerson's Manual, Sees. XVII, XXXIX. 

1 2. No Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by 
any form of words impute to another Senator or to other 
Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a 

Senator. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XVII. 

^ 3. No Senator in debate shall refer offensively to any 
State of the Union. 

4. If any Senator, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the 
rules of the Senate, the Presiding Officer shall, or any Senator 
may, call him to order; and when a Senator shall be called to 
order he shall sit down, and not proceed without leave of the 
Senate, which, if granted, shall be upon motion that he be 
allowed to proceed in order, which motion shall be deter- 
mined without debate. [JefEerson's Manual, Sec. XVH. 

5. If a Senator be called to order for words spoken in 
debate, upon the demand of the Senator or of any other 
Senator the exceptionable words shall be taken down in 
writing, and read at the table for the information of the 

Senate. [JeflEerson's Manual, Sec. XVII. 

2 6. Whenever confusion arises in the Chamber or the gal- 
leries, or demonstrations of approval or disapproval are in- 
dulged in by the occupants of the galleries, it shall be the 
duty of the Chair to enforce order on his own initiative and 
without any point of order being made by a Senator. 

1 As amended S. Jour. 301, 57-1, Apr. 8, 1902. 

2 As amended S. Jour. 71, 63-2, Jan. 14, 1914. 



24 STANDING EULES OF THE SENATE. 

EULE XX. 

QUESTIONS OF ORDER. 

1. A question of order may be raised at any stage of the 
proceedings, except when the Senate is dividing, and, unless 
submitted to the Senate, shall be decided by the Presiding 
Officer without debate, subject to an appeal to the Senate. 
When an appeal is taken, any subsequent question of order 
which may arise before the decision of such appeal shall be 
decided by the Presiding Officer without debate; and every 
appeal therefrom shall be decided at once, and without 
debate; and any appeal may be laid on the table without 
prejudice to the pending proposition, and thereupon shall be 
held as affirming the decision of the Presiding Officer. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXXIH. 

2. The Presiding Officer may submit any question of order 

for the decision of the Senate. [JeSerson's Manual, Sec. XXXIII. 

KULE XXI. 

MOTIONS. 

1. All motions shall be reduced to writing, if desired by 
the Presiding Officer or by any Senator, and shall be read 
before the same shall be debated. [Jefferson's Manual, see. xx. 

2. Any motion or resolution may be withdrawn or modi- 
fied by the mover at any time before a decision, amendment, 
or ordering of the yeas and nays, except a motion to recon- 
sider, which shall not be withdrawn without leave. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XX. 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 25 

RULE XXIT 

PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS. 

When a question is pending, no motion shall be received 
but— 

To adjourn. 

To adjourn to a day certain, or that when the Senate 
adjourn it shall be to a day certain. 

To take a recess. 

To preceed to the consideration of executive business. 

To lay on the table. 

To postpone indefinitely. 

To postpone to a day certain. 

To commit. 

To amend. 
Which several motions shall have precedence as they stand 
arranged; and the motions relating to adjournment, to take 
a recess, to proceed to the consideration of executive busi- 
ness, to lay on the table, shall be decided without debate. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXXIII. 

^ If at any time a motion, signed by sixteen Senators, to 
bring to a close the debate upon any pending measure is 
presented to the Senate, the presiding officer shaU at once 
state the motion to the Senate, and one hour after the 
Senate meets on the following calendar day but one, he 
shall lay the motion before the Senate and direct that the 
Secretary call the roll, and, upon the ascertainment that a 

1 As amended S. Jour. 234, 64-2, Mar. 8, 1917. 



26 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

quorum is present, the presiding officer shall, without debate, 
submit to the Senate by an aye-and-nay vote the question: 

"Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate shall be 
brought to a close ?'^ 

And if that question shall be decided in the affirmative 
by a two-thirds vote of those voting, then said measure 
shall be the unfinished business to the exclusion of all other 
business imtil disposed of. 

Thereafter no Senator shall be entitled to speak in all 
more than one hour on the pending measiu-e, the amend- 
ments thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall 
be the duty of the presiding officer to keep the time of each 
Senator who speaks. Except by unanimous consent, no 
amendment shall be in order after the vote to bring the 
debate to a close, unless the same has been presented and 
read prior to that time. No dilatory motion, or dilatory 
amendment, or amendment not germane shall be in order. 
Points of order, including questions of relevancy, and 
appeals from the decision of the presiding officer, shall be 
decided without debate. 

KULE XXIII. 

PREAMBLES. 

When a biU or resolution is accompanied by a preamble, 
the question shall first be put on the bill or resolution and 
then on the preamble, which may be withdrawn by a mover 
before an amendment of the same, or ordering of the yeas and 
nays; or it may be laid on the table without prejudice to the 
bill or resolution, and shall be a final disposition of such 

preamble. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXVI. 



STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 27 

RULE XXIV. 

APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. 

1. In the appointment of the standing committees, the 
Senate, urdess otherwise ordered, shaU proceed by ballot to 
appoint severally the chairman of each committee, and then, 
by one ballot, the other members necessary to complete the 
same. A majority of the whole number of votes given shall 
be necessary to the choice of a chairman of a standing com- 
mittee, but a plurality of votes shaU elect the other members 
thereof. All other committees shall be appointed by ballot, 
unless otherwise ordered, and a plurality of votes shall 

appoint. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XI. 

2. When a chairman of a committee shaU resign or cease 
to serve on a committee, and the Presiding Officer be au- 
thorized by the Senate to fill the vacancy in such committee, 
unless specially otherwise ordered, it shall be only to fill up 
the number on the committee. 

RULE XXV. 

STANDING COMMITTEES.* 

1. The following standing committees shall be appointed 
at the commencement of each Congress, with leave to report 
by bill or otherwise : 

A Committee on Additional Accommodations for the 
Library of Congress, to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to consist of 
sixteen Senators. 

1 As amended S. Jour. 235, 64-2, Mar. 12, 1917. 



28 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

A Committee on Appropriations, to consist of twenty Sen- 
ators. 

A Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Senate, to consist of five Senators, to which 
shall be referred all resolutions directing the payment of 
money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating 
a charge upon the same. 

A Committee on Banking and Currency, to consist of 
fifteen Senators. 

A Committee on Canadian Relations, to consist of nine 
Senators. 

A Committee on the Census, to consist of twelve Senators. 

A Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, to con- 
sist of twelve Senators. 

A Committee on Claims, to consist of fourteen Senatois. 

A Committee on Coast and Insular Survey, to consist of 
nine Senators. 

A Committee on Coast Defenses, to consist of eleven 
Senators. 

A Committee on Commerce, to consist of nineteen Sena- 
tors. 

A Committee on Conservation of National Resources, to 
consist of fifteen Senators. 

A Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of 
Columbia, to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Cuban Relations, to consist of five 
Senators. 

A Committee on Disposition of Useless Papers in the 
Executive Departments, to consist of three Senators. 



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A Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of 
fourteen Senators. 

A Committee on Education and Labor, to consist of eleven 
Senators. 

A Committee on Engrossed Bills, to consist of three 
Senators, which shall examine ail bills, amendments, and 
joint resolutions before they go out of the possession of the 
Senate. 

A Committee on Em'olled Bills, to consist of three Sen- 
ators, which shall have power to act jointly with the same 
committee of the House of Representatives, and which, or 
some one of which, shall examine all bills or joint resolutions 
which shall have passed both Houses, to see that the same 
are correctly enrolled, and, when signed by the Speaker of 
the House and President of the Senate, shall forthwith 
present the same, when they shall have originated in the 
Senate, to the President of the United States in person, and 
report the fact and date of such presentation to the Senate. 

A Committee to Examine the Several Branches of the 
Civil Service, to consist of seven Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of 
Agriculture, to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of 
Commerce/ to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, 
to consist of seven Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of 
Justice, to consist of seven Senators. 



1 As amended S. Jour. 357,63-2, June 25, 1914. 



30 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of 
Labor/ to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditm'es in the Navy Department, 
to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the Post-Office Depart- 
ment, to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of 
State, to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the Treasmy Depart- 
ment, to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, 
to consist of seven Senators. 

A Committee on Finance, to consist of seventeen Senators. 

A Committee on Fisheries, to consist of nine Senators, 
to which shall be referred all matters relating to fish and 
fisheries. 

A Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, to 
consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Foreign Relations, to consist of seven- 
teen Senators. 

A Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection 
of Game, to consist of nine Senators. 

A Committee on the Geological Survey, to consist of 
seven Senators. 

^A Committee on Immigration, to consist of thirteen 
Senators. 

A Committee on Indian Affairs, to consist of fifteen 
Senators. 

1 As amended S. Jour. 357, 63-2, June 25, 1914. 

2 As amended S. Jour. 39, 51-1, Dec. 12, 1889. 



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^A Committee on Indian Depredations, to consist of 
eleven Senators. 

A Committee on Industrial Expositions, to consist of 
thirteen Senators. 

A Committee on Interoceanic Canals, to consist of four- 
teen Senators. 

A Committee on Interstate Commerce, to consist of seven- 
teen Senators. 

A Committee to Investigate Trespassers on Indian Lands, 
to consist of ^Ye Senators. 

A Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, 
to consist of thirteen Senators. 

A Joint Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the 
United States, to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on the Judiciary, to consist of eighteen 
Senators. 

A Conmiittee on the Library, to consist of eight Senators, 
which shall have power to act jointly with the same com- 
mittee of the House of Representatives. 

A Committee on Manufactures, to consist of eleven Sena- 
tors. 

A committee on MiUtary Affairs, to consist of seventeen 
Senators. 

A Committee on Mines and Mining, to consist of ten 
Senators. 

A Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, 
to consist of seven Senators. 

^ As amended S. Jour. 39, 51-1, Dec. 12, 1889. 



32 STANDING ETILES OF THE SENATE. 

A Committee on National Banks/ to consist of five 
Senators. 

A Committee on Naval Affairs/ to consist of seventeen 
Senators. 

A Committee on Pacific Islands, Porto Kico, and the 
Virgin Islands/ to consist of twelve Senators. 

A Committee on Pacific Railroads, to consist of eleven 
Senators. 

A Committee on Patents, to consist of seven Senators. 

A Committee on Pensions, to consist of thirteen Senators. 

A Committee on the Phihppines, to consist of fourteen 
Senators. 

A Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Hoads, to consist 
of sixteen Senators. 

A Committee on Printing, to consist of eight Senators, 
which shaU have power to act jointly vnth. the same com- 
mittee of the House of Representatives. 

A Committee on Private Land Claims, to consist of seven 
Senators. 

A Committee on Privileges and Elections, to consist of 
fifteen Senators. 

A Committee on PubUc Buildings and Grounds, to consist 
of sixteen Senators, which shall have power to act jointly 
with the same committee of the House of Representatives. 

A Committee on Pubhc Health and National Quarantine, 
to consist of eleven Senators. 

A Committee on Pubhc Lands, to consist of fifteen Sena- 
tors. 

1 As amended S. Jour. 306, 62-2, Apr. 29, 1912. 

2 As amended S. Jour. 149, 63-2, Mar. 2, 1914. 

3 As amended S. Jour. Ill, 66-2, Feb. 5, 1920. 



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A Committee on Railroads, to consist of eleven Senators. 

A Committee on RevolutionarT Claims, to consist of five 
Senators. 

A Committee on Rules, to consist of twelve Senators. 

A Committee on Standards, Weights, and Measures, to 
consist of five Senators. 

A Conmoittee on Territories, to consist of twelve Senators. 

A Committee on Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, 
to consist of five Senators. 

A Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, 
to consist of nine Senators. 

A Committee on the University of the United States, to 
consist of eleven Senators. 

A Committee on Woman Suffrage, to consist of nine 
Senators. 

2. The Committees to Audit and Control the Contingent 
Expenses of the Senate, on Printing, and on the Library, 
shall continue and have the power to act mitil their suc- 
cessors are appointed. 

QUOKUil OF COMMITTEES.^ 

3. That the several standing committees of the Senate 
having a membership of more than three Senators are hereby 
respectively authorized to fix, each for itseK, the number of its 
members who shall constitute a quorum thereof for the trans- 
action of such business as may be considered by said com- 
mittee; but in no case shall a committee, acting under au- 
thority of this resolution, fix as a quorum thereof any number 

1 As amended S. Jour. 271, 62-2, Apiil 12, 1912. 
24770°— S. Doc. 743, 64-2 3 



34 STANDING RUUES OF THE SENATE. 

less than one-tliird of its entire membership, nor shall any 
report be made to the Senate that is not authorized by the 
concurrence of more than one-haK of a majority of such 
entire membership. 

RULE XXVI. 

REFERENCE TO COMMriTEES; MOTIONS TO DISCHARGE, AND 
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES TO LIE OYER. 

1. When motions are made for reference of a subject to a 
select committee, or to a standing committee, the question 
of reference to a standing committee shall be put first; and a 
motion simply to refer shall not be open to amendment, 

except to add instructions. [Jefierson's Manual, Sees. XXVI, XXXIH. 

2. All reports of committees and motions to discharge a 
committee from the consideration of the subject, and all 
subjects from which a committee shall be discharged, shall 
he over one day for consideration, unless by unanimous 
consent the Senate shall otherwise direct. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sees. XXV^II, XLIH. 

RULE XXVII. 

REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEES. 

1 . The presentation of reports of committees of conference 
shall always be in order, except when the Journal is being 
read or a question of order or a motion to adjourn is pend- 
ing, or while the Senate is dividing; and when received the 
question of proceeding to the consideration of the report, if 
raised, shall be immediately put, and shall be determined 

without debate. [Jefferson's Manual, See. XLVI. 



STAXDIXG ErXES OF THE SEXATE. 35 

2. Conferees shall not insert in their report matter not 
committed to them by either House, nor shall they strike 
from the bill matter agreed to by both Houses. If new 
matter is inserted in the report, or if matter which was 
agreed to hj both Houses is stricken from the bill, a point 
of order may be made against the report, and if the point 
of order is sustained, the report shall be recommitted to 
the committee of conference. [s. j. 103, 60-2, Mar. s, 191s. 

RULE XX^TII. 

MESSAGES. 

1. Messages from the President of the United States or 
from the House of Representatives may be received at any 
stage of proceedings, except while the Senate is dividing, or 
while the Journal is being read, or while a question of order 

or a motion to adjourn is pending. [Jefferson's ilanual, Sec. XL\'n. 

2. Messages shall be sent to the House of Representatives 
by the Secretary, who shall previously certify the deter- 
mination of the Senate upon all bills, joint resolutions, and 
other resolutions which may be communicated to the House, 
or in which its concuiTence may be recpested; and the Sec- 
retaiw shall also certify and dehver to the President of the 
United States all resolutions and other communications 
which may be directed to him by the Senate. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLVH. 

RULE XXLK. 

PEIXTIXG OF PAPERS. ETC. 

1. Every motion to print documents, reports, and other 
matter transmitted by either of the Executive Departments, 
or to print memorials, petitions, accompanying documents. 



36 STANDING EXILES OF THE SENATE. 

or any other paper, except bills of the Senate or House of 
Kepresentatives, resolutions submitted by a Senator, com- 
munications from the legislatures or conventions, lawfully 
called, of the respective States, and motions to print by 
order of the standing or select committees of the Senate, 
shall, unless the Senate otherwise order, be referred to the 
Committee on Printing. When a motion is made to com- 
mit with instructions, it shall be in order to add thereto a 
motion to print. 

2. Motions to print additional numbers shall also be re- 
ferred to the Committee on Printing ; and when the committee 
shall report favorably, the report shall be accompanied by 
an estimate of the probable cost thereof; and when the cost 
of printing such additional numbers shall exceed the sum of 
five hundred dollars, the concurrence of the House of Rep- 
resentatives shall be necessary for an order to print the same. 

3. Every biU and joint resolution introduced on leav^e or 
reported from a committee, and all bills and j oint resolutions 
received from the House of Representatives, and all reports 
of committees, shall be printed, unless, for the dispatch of 
the business of the Senate, such printing may be dispensed 

with. 

RULE XXX. 

WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS. 

1. No memorial or other paper presented to the Senate, 
except original treaties finally acted upon, shall be withdrawn 
from its files except by order of the Senate. But when an 
act may pass for the settlement of any private claim, the 
Secretary is authorized to transmit to the officer charged with 
the settlement the papers on file relating to the claim. 



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2. No memorial or other paper upon wliich. an adverse 
report has been made shall be withdrawn from the files of 
the Senate unless copies thereof shall be left in the office of 

the Secretary. [Jefierson's Manual, Sec. XVL 

KULE XXXI. 

REFERENCE OF CLAIMS ADVERSELY REPORTED. 

Whenever a committee of the Senate, to whom any claim 
has been referred, reports adversely, and the report is agreed 
to, it shall not be in order to move to take the papers from 
the files for the purpose of referring them at a subsequent 
session, unless the claimant shall present a petition therefor, 
stating that new evidence has been discovered since the 
report, and setting forth the substance of such new evidence. 
^ But when there has been no adverse report it shall be the 
duty of the Secretary to transmit all such papers to the com- 
mittee in which such claims are pending. 

EULE XXXII. 

BUSINESS CONTINUED FROM SESSION TO SESSION. 

At the second or any subsequent session of a Congress, the 
legislative business of the Senate which remained undeter- 
mined at the close of the next preceding session of that Con- 
gress shall be resumed and proceeded with in the same man- 
ner as if no adjournment of the Senate had taken place; and 
all papers referred to committees and not reported upon at 
the close of a session of Congress shaU be returned to the 
office of the Secretary of the Senate, and be retained by him 
until the next succeeding session of that Congress, when 
they shaU be returned to the several committees to which 
they had previously been referred. (Jefferson's Manual, sec. ll 

1 As amended S. Jour. 67, 50-1, Dec. 14, 1887. 



38 STANDING EXILES OF THE SENATE. 

RULE XXXIII. 

PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR.^* ^ 

No person shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate while 
in session, except as f oUotv's : 

The President of the United States and his private secre- 
tary. 

^ The President elect and Vice-President elect of the United 
States. 

Ex-Presidents and ex- Vice-Presidents of the United States. 

Judges of the Supreme Court. 

Ex-Senators and Senators elect. 

The officers and employees of the Senate in the discharge of 
their official duties. 

^ Ex-Secretaries and ex-Serge ant-at-Arms of the Senate. 

^ Membera of the House of Representatives and Members 
elect. 

^ Ex-Speakei-s of the House of Representatives. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms of the House and his chief deputy 
and the Clerk of the Plouse and his deputy. 

Heads of the Executive Departments. 

^ Ambassadors and Ministers of the United States. 

Governors of States and Territories. 

The General Commanding the Army. 

The Senior Admiral of the Navy on the active list. 

1 As amended S. Jom\ 30, 52-1, Dec. 14, 1891. 

2 As amended S. Jour. 113, 50-2, Jan. 4, 1889. 

3 As amended S. Jour. 75, 53-3, Jan. 28, 1895. 

4 As amended S. Jour. 418, 48-2, Feb. 28, 1885. 

6 As amended S Jour. 1173, 50-1, July 25, 1888. 
8 As amended S. Jour. 351, 54-1, May 26, 1896. 



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39 



Members of National Legislatures of foreign countries. 

Judges of the Court of Claims. 

^ Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 

The Librarian of Congress and the Assistant Librarian in 
charge of the Law Library. 

2 The Architect of the Capitol. 

2 The Secretary of the Smithsonian Listitution. 

Clerks to Senate committees and clerks to Senators when 
in the actual discharge of their official duties. Clerks to 
Senators; to be admitted to the floor, must be regularly 
appointed and borne upon the rolls of the Secretary of the 
Senate as such. 

RLXE XXXW. 

REGULATION OF THE SENATE WING OF THE CAPITOL. 

1 . The Senate Chamber shall not be granted for any other 
purpose than for the use of the Senate; ^ no smoking shall be 
permitted at any time on the floor of the Senate, or hghted 
cigars be brought into the Chamber. 

2. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Rules to 
make all rules and regulations respecting such parts of 
the Capitol, its passages and galleries, including the res- 
taurant, and the Senate Ofiice Buildingj^as are or may be 
set apart for the use of the Senate and its officers, to 
be inforced under the direction of the Presiding Officer. 
They shall, at the opening of each session of Congress, 
make such regulations respecting the reporters' gallery 

1 A3 amended S. Jour. 762, 48-1, June 13, 1884. 

2 As amended S. Joui'. 565, 48-1, Apr. 22, 1884. 

3 As amended S. Joui'. 163, 63-2, Mar. 9, 1914. 
* As amended S. Joui'. 27, 66-2, Dec. 13, 1919. 



40 STANDING EXILES OF THE SENATE. 

of the Senate as will confine its occupation to bona fide 
reporters for daily newspapers, assigning not to exceed one 
seat to each paper. 

RULE XXXV. 

SESSION WITH CLOSED DOORS. 

On a motion made and seconded to close the doors of the 
Senate, on the discussion of any business which may, in the 
opinion of a Senator, require secrecy, the Presiding Officer 
shall direct the galleries to be cleared; and during the dis- 
cussion of such motion the doors shall remain closed. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XVIII. 

RULE XXXVL 

EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 

1. When the President of the United States shall meet 
the Senate in the Senate Chamber for the Consideration 
of Executive business, he shall have a seat on the right of 
the Presiding Officer. When the Senate shall be con- 
vened by the President of the United States to any other 
place, the Presiding Officer of the Senate and the Senators 
shall attend at the place appointed, with the necessary 
officers of the Senate. 

1 2. When acting upon confidential or Executive business/ 
imless the same shall be considered in open Executive session, 

1 Mr. Aldrich, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso- 
lution; which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to. 

Resolved, That until otherwise ordered there shall be admitted to the 
floor of the Senate during Executive sessions such clerks, not exceeding 
three in number, as may be assigned by the Secretary of the Senate to 
Executive duties. [S. Ex. Jour. 225, Vol. 28, 52-1, May 2, 1892. 

2 As amended S. Jour. 428, 50-1, Mar. 6, 1888. 



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the Senate Chamber shall be cleared of all persons except the 
Secretary, the Chief Clerk, the Principal Legislative Clerk, the 
Executive Clerk, the Minute and Journal Clerk, the Sergeant- 
at-Arms, the Assistant Doorkeeper, and such other officers as 
the Presiding Officer shall think necessary; and aU such 
officers shall be sworn to secrecy. 

^ 3. AU confidential communications made by the President 
of the United States to the Senate shall be by the Senators 
and the officers of the Senate kept secret; and all treaties 
which may be laid before the Senate, and all remarks, votes, 
and proceedings thereon shall also be kept secret, until the 
Senate shaU, by their resolution, take off the injunction 
of secrecy,^ or unless the same shall be considered in open 
Executive 



sessions. 



[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. LII. 



^ On motion by Mr. Frye, 

Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following 
report from the Committee on Rules, viz: 

The Committee on Rules, to which was referred a question of order raised 
by the Senator from Maine (Mr. Frye) as to the operation of clause 3, Rule 
XXXVI, reported that it extends the injunction of secrecy to each step in 
the consideration of treaties, including the fact of ratification; that no 
modification of this clause of the rules ought to be made; that the secrecy 
as to the fact of ratification of a treaty may be of the utmost importance, 
and ought not to be removed except by order of the Senate, or until it has 
been made public by proclamation by the President. 

[S. Ex. Jour., 20, 49 special, March 21, 1885. 

During the consideration of executive business the following resolution 
was considered and agreed to. 

Ordered^ Wlienever the injunction of secrecy shall be removed from 
any part of the proceedings of the Senate in Executive session, or secret 
legislative session, the order of the Senate removing the same shall be 
entered by the Secretary in the Legislative Journal as well as in the 
Executive Journal, and shall be published in the Record. 

[S. Jour. 131, 56-1, Feb. 8, 1900. 

2 As amended S. Jour., 428, 50-1, Mar. 6, 1888. 



42 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

4. Any Senator or officer of the Senate who shall disclose 
the secret or confidential business or proceedings of the 
Senate shall be hable, if a Senator, to suffer expulsion from 
the body; and if an officer, to dismissal from the service of 
the Senate, and to punishment for contempt. 

^5. Whenever, by the request of the Senate or any com- 
mittee thereof, any documents or papers shall be com- 
municated to the Senate by the President or the head of any 
Department relating to any matter pending in the Senate, 
the proceedings in regard to which are secret or confidential 
imder the rules, said documents and papers shall be con- 
sidered as confidential, and shall not be disclosed without 
leave of the Senate. 

RULE XXX^TI. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION PROCEEDINGS ON TREATIES. 

1. When a treaty shall be laid before the Senate for 
ratification, it shall be read a first time; and no motion in 
respect to it shall be in order, except to refer it to a com- 
mittee,^ to print it in confidence for the use of the Senate,^ 
to remove the injunction of secrecy, or to consider it in 
open Executive session. 

When a treaty is reported from a committee with or 'svith- 
out amendment, it shall, unless the Senate unanimously 
otherwise direct, he one day for consideration; after which it 
may be read a second time and considered as in Committee 
of the Whole, when it shall be proceeded with by articles, 
and the amendments reported by the committee shall be first 

1 As amended S. Joiu\, 320, 58-2, March 31, 1904. 

2 A3 amended S. Jour.. 428. 50-1, March 6, 1888. 



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acted upon, after which other amendments may be proposed; 
and when through with, the proceedings had as in Commit- 
tee of the Whole shall be reported to the Senate, when the 
question shall be, if the treaty be amended, ''Will the Sen- 
ate concur in the amendments made in Committee of the 
Whole 1 '' Aud the amendments may be taken separately, or 
in gross, if no Senator shall object; after which new amend- 
ments may be proposed.^ At any stage of such proceedings 
the Senate may remove the injunction of secrecy from the 
treaty, or proceed with its consideration in open Executive 
session. 

The decisions thus made shall be reduced to the form of a 
resolution of ratification, with or without amendments, as 
the case may be, which shall be proposed on a subsequent 
day, unless, by unanimous consent, the Senate determine 
otherwise; at which stage no amendment shall be received, 
unless by unanimous consent. 

On the final question to advise and consent to the ratifi- 
cation in the form agreed to, the concurrence of two-thirds 
of the Senators present shall be necessary to determine it in 
the aflfirmative; but all other motions and questions upon a 
treaty shall be decided by a majority vote, except a motion 
to postpone indefinitely, which shall be decided by a vote of 
two thirds. 

2. Treaties transmitted by the President to the Senate for 
ratification shall be resumed at the second or any subsequent 
session of the same Congress at the stage in which they were 
left at the final adjournment of the session at which they 
were transmitted ; but all proceedings on treaties shall termi- 

1 As amended S. Jour. 428, 50-1, Mar. 6, 1888. 



44 STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

nate witti the Congress, and they shall be resumed at the 
commencement of the next Congress as if no proceedings 
had previously been had thereon. 

3. All treaties concluded with Indian tribes shall be con- 
sidered and acted upon by the Senate in its open or legisla- 
tive session, unless the same shall be transmitted by the 
President to the Senate in confidence, in which case they 
shaU be acted upon with closed doors. 

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec, LII. 

KULE XXXVIII. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION PROCEEDINGS ON NOMINATIONS.^ 

1. When nominations shall be made b}^ the President of 
the United States to the Senate, they shall, unless otherwise 
ordered, be referred to appropriate committees; and the 
final question on every nomination shall be, ^'WiU the Senate 
advise and consent to this nomination ? ^' which question shall 
not be put on the same day on which the nomination is 

* On motion by Mr. Manderson, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
following resolution reported from the Committee on Printing; which was 
agi'eed to: 

Resolved, All nominations to office shall be prepared for the printer by 
the Official Reporter, and printed in the Record, after the proceedings of the 
day in which they are received, also nominations recalled, and confirmed. 

[S. Ex. Jour., Vol.25, 197, 49-1, Dec. 16, 1885. 

On motion by Mr. Ingalls: 

Ordered, The Secretary shall furnish the Official Reporters with a list of 
nominations to office after the proceedings of the day on which they are 
received, and a like list of all confirmations and rejections. 

[S. Ex. Jour., Vol. 25, 237, 49-1, Dec. 17, 1885. 

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr, Hill 
on April 14, which was unanimously agreed thereto. 

Resolved, The Secretary shall furnish to the press, and to the public upon 
request, the names of nominees confirmed or rejected on the day on which 
a final vote shall be had, except when otherwise ordered by the Senate. 

[S. Ex. Jour. 629, Vol. 29, Part 1, 53-2, May 2, 1894. 



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received, nor on the day on which it may be reported by a 
committee, unless by unanimous consent. 

2. All information communicated or remarks made by a 
Senator when acting upon nominations concerning the 
character or qualifications of the person nominated, also all 
votes upon any nomination, shall be kept secret. If, how- 
ever, charges shall be made against a person nominated, the 
committee may, in its discretion, notify such nominee thereof, 
but the name of the person making such charges shall not 
be disclosed. The fact that a nomination has been made, or 
that it has been confirmed or rejected, shall not be regarded 
as a secret. 

3. Wlien a nomination is confirmed or rejected, any 
Senator voting in the majority may move for a reconsidera- 
tion on the same day on which the vote was taken, or on 
either of the next two days of actual Executive session of 
the Senate; but if a notification of the confirmation or 
rejection of a nomination shall have been sent to the Presi- 
dent before the expiration of the time within which a 
motion to reconsider may be made, the motion to recon- 
-sider shall be accompanied by a motion to request the 
President to return such notification to the Senate. Any 
motion to reconsider the vote on a nomination may be laid 
on the table without prejudice to the nomination, and shall 
be a final disposition of such motion. 

4. Nominations confirmed or rejected by the Senate shall 
not be returned by the Secretary to the President until the 
expiration of the time limited for making a motion to 
reconsider the same, or while a motion to reconsider is 
pending, unless othervdse ordered by the Senate. 



46 STANDING EULES OF THE SENATE. 

5. When the Senate shall adjourn or take a recess for 
more than thhty days, all motions to reconsider a vote 
upon a nomination which has been confirmed or rejected 
by the Senate, which shall be pending at the time of taking 
such adjournment or recess, shall fall; and the Secretary 
shall return all such nominations to the President as con- 
firmed or rejected by the Senate, as the case may be. 

6. Nominations neither confirmed nor rejected during the 
session at which they are made shall not be acted upon at 
any succeeding session without being again made to the 
Senate by the President; and if the Senate shall adjourn or 
take a recess for more than thirty days, all nominations 
pending and not finally acted upon at the time of taking 
such adjournment or recess shall be returned by the Secre- 
tary to the President, and shall not again be considered 
unless they shall again be made to the Senate by the 
President. 

RULE XXXIX. 

THE PRESIDENT FURNISHED WITH COPIES OF RECORDS OF 
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 

The President of the United States shall, from time to 
time, be fm-nished with an authenticated transcript of the 
Executive records of the Senate, but no further extract 
from the Executive Journal shall be furnished by the Secre- 
tary, except by special order of the Senate; and no paper, 
except original treaties transmitted to the Senate by the 
President of the United States, and finally acted upon by 
the Senate, shall be deHvered from the ofiice of the Secretary 
without an order of the Senate for that purpose. 



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47 



RULE XL. 



SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT OF THE RULES. 

No motion to suspend, modify, or amend any rule, or 
any part thereof, shall be in order, except on one day's 
notice in writing, specifying precisely the rule or part pro- 
posed to be suspended, modified, or amended, and the 
purpose thereof. Any rule may be suspended without 
notice by the unanimous consent of the Senate, except as 
otherwise provided in clause 1, Rule XII. 



48 STANDING KUT^S OF THE SENATE. 



OATHS REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND BY 
LAW TO BE TAKEN UNDER RULE II. 

BY SENATORS. 

I, A B, do solemnly swear (or afErm) that I will support 
the Constitution of the United States. [i stat., 23, June 1, i789. 

I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support 
and defend the Constitution of the United States against 
all enemies, foreign and domestic ; that I will bear true faith 
and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation 
freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; 
and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the 
office on which I am about to enter: So help me God. 

[15 Stat., 85, July 11, 1868. 
BY THE SECRETARY. 

I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support 
the Constitution of the United States. 
And in addition to the foregoing he will also take the following: 
I, A B, Secretary of the Senate of the United States of 
America, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will truly and 
faithfully discharge the duties of my said office, to the best 
of my knowledge and abihties. 11 stat., 23, June 1, i789. 



INDEX TO SENATE RULES 



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INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



A. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Absent himself from the service of the Senate without leave. 

No Senator shall 5 1 7 

Absent Senators. Less than a quorum may request or compel 

the attendance of 5 3 8 

Additional numbers of a document 

Referred to the Committee on Printing. Motions to 

print 29 2 36 

Where cost for printing exceeds five hundred dollars, 

the House of Representatives must concur 29 2 36 

Adjourn. 

Shall have precedence over all other motions. A motion to. 22 - 25 
To a day certain shall be second in the order of precedence 

of motions 22 - 25 

Admission to the floor of the Senate. Persons entitled to 33 - 38-39 

Amendment. 

If laid on the table, shall not carry with it or prejudice the 

measure 17 - 22 

When a question of an, is pending, a motion may be made 

to amend 22 - 25 

When a question of an, contains several propositions, a 

division may be called for 18 - 22 

A motion to strike out and insert an, shall not be divided . . 18 - 22 
Rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one propo- 
sition shall not prevent a motion to strike out and insert 

a different proposition 18 - 22 

Rejection of a motion to strike out and insert shall not 

prevent a motion simply to strike out 18 - 22 

The rejection of a motion to strike out shall not prevent 

a motion to strike out and insert 18 - 22 

51 



52 INDEX TO THE STANDING EXILES OF THE SENATE. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Amendment — Continued . 

In a motion to strike out and insert, the part to be stricken 
out and the part to be inserted shall each be regarded 
as a question for 18 - 22 

It shall not be in order on the third reading of a bill to offer 
an, except by unanimous consent 15 2 19 

After a motion to close debate on a measure is agreed to 
a Senator may speak one hour on it, the, thereto and 

motions affecting the same 22 - 26 

Armndm£nts to general appropriation hills. No amendment 
shall be received which will increase an appropriation 
already in the bill, unless 16 1 20 

No amendment adding a new item to the bill, unless to 
carry out existing law or treaty stipulation, or act or 
resolution pre\dousiy passed dm-ing that session shall 
be received 16 1 20 

Amendments moved by direction of a committee or in 
pursuance of an estimate of the head of a department 
may be received 16 1 20 

All amendments moved by direction of a committee must 
be referred to the Committee on Appropriations one day 
before being considered 16 2 20, 21 

No amendment to an amendment increasing the appro- 
priation therein shall be received 16 2 21 

Amendments to river and harbor bills shall also be re- 
ferred before being considered IG 2 21 

Amendments to post-road bills shall also be referred before 

being considered 16 2 21 

No amendment proposing general legislation shall be 
received 16 3 21 

No amendment not relevant or germane to the subject- 
matter of the bill shall be received 16 3 21 

An amendment to a general appropriation bill may be 

laid on the table without prejudice to the bill 16 3 21 

No amendment to proAdde for a private claim shall be 

received, unless to cany out existing law, etc 16 4 21 

Amendments to the Rules. (See Rules.) 

Amendments to treaties shall be determined by a majority 

vote. All questions of 37 1 43 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 53 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Anthony rule. Known as the 8 - 13, 14 

Appeals, in questions of order. Every question of order de- 
cided by the Chair shall be subject to an appeal to the 

Senate 20 1 24 

When an appeal is taken, any question of order or appeal 
that may afterwards arise shall be decided without 

debate 20 1 24 

If an appeal be laid on the table, it shall be held as affirm- 
ing the decision of the Chair 20 1 24 

Appeals from decision of the Chair. YvTiere a motion to close 
debate on a pending measure has been agreed to, to be 

decided without debate 22 - 26 

Appropriation hills. (See General appropriation hills.) 
Attendance of absent Senators. The Sergeant-at-Arms may 

be directed to request, and, when necessary, compel the. 5 3 8 



54 INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

B. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Ballot, The chairman and members of the standing commit- 
tees shall be appointed by 24 1 27 

A majority shall choose a chairman and a plurality the 

other members of a standing committee 24 1 27 

Bills and joint resolutions. Order in which the Chair shall 

call for, under " morning business " 7 1 10 

Manner of introduction of pension bills, bills for the 
payment of private claims, or for the correction of 
naval or military records 7 2 10, 11 

Bills or other matter sent to the Senate by the President or 
House of Representatives may at any time be laid before 
the Senate by the Presiding Officer or upon motion 7 7 13 

Bills and resolutions, not objected to, to be taken up in 
their order 8 - 13 

To proceed to the consideration of certain, on the Calendar 
out of regular order, a privileged motion 9 - 14 

^\Tienever offered, their introduction shall, if objected to, 
be postponed for one day 14 1 18 

Shall have three several readings before passage, which 
shall be on three different days unless by unanimous 
consent 14 2 18 

May read the first and second times by title only unless. . 14 2 18 

May be read twice on the same day for reference only 14 3 18 

If not referred, they shall not be considered as in Com- 
mittee of the Whole, nor debated if objected to, but 
shall go on the Calendar 14 4 18, 19 

All bills and joint resolutions reported from a committee 
shall also go on the Calendar 14 4 18 

Before amendment, shall be considered as in Committee 
of the Whole 15 1 19 

WTien ordered to a third reading they shall not be open 
to amendment unless by unanimous consent 15 2 19 

But may be committed before the question is put upon 
thepassage -- 15 2 19 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 55 

Bills and joint resolutions — Continued. Rule, Clause, Page. 
If committed when reported shall again go on the Cal- 
endar as bills in Committee of the Whole 15 2 19 

May be accompanied by a preamble, which may be 

withdrawn, or laid on the table 23 - 26 

Enrolled, may be signed by Senator designated by Pres- 
ident pro tempore to perform duties of the Chair. . . (Note) 6 
Motion signed by sixteen Senators to close debate on, 

and other measures 22 - 25 

Decided by a two-thirds vote, without debate 22 - 26 

Bills, General appropriation, shall be referred to the Com- 
mittee on Appropriations, except river and harbor, 
agricultui-al, Army, Military Academy, Indian, 

naval, pension, and Post Office, All 16 1 20 

Limitations to amendments which may be proposed to. 16 1-4 20-21 
Amendments to, proposing new items of appropriation 

. shall before being offered be referred 16 2 20-21 

No amendment proposing general legislation shall 

be proposed to any general appropriation bill 16 3 21 

No amendment to provide for a private claim shall be 

offered to, unless to carry out existing law 16 4 21 

Bills, private, may be referred to the Court of Claims 15 3 19 

Business. Order of morning 7 1 10 

Business of the Senate continued from session to session. 

The legislative 32 - 37 



56 INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

G. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Calendar of general orders shall be called on Monday under 

Rule VIII 7, 3 - 11 

At the expiration of the morning business, the Senate 
shall take up the 8, 9 - 13-15 

Subj ects on the Calendar to be taken up in their order 8, 9 - 13-15 

Every bill and joint resolution reported from a com- 
mittee, and bills and joint resolutions from the 
House of Bepresentatives, read twice but not re- 
ferred, shall be placed on the 14 4 18-19 

To proceed to the consideration of an appropriation or 
revenue bill on the, out of its order a privileged 
motion 9 - 14 

To proceed to the consideration of any other bill on 
the, out of its order, a privileged motion 9 - 14 

To pass over the pending subject on the, a privileged 

motion 9-14 

To place pending subject at the foot of the, a privileged 

motion 9 - 14 

Call of the Senate. When a question is raised as to the 
presence of a quorum, the Cihair shall direct the roll 

to be called 5 2 7-8 

Capitol building. The Senate wing of the Capitol build- 
ing, its corridors and passages, to be under the con- 
trol of the Committee on Rules 34 2 39-40 

Certificates of election of Senators. To be recorded in well- 
bound book 6 2 8 

Form of 6 - 9 

Chief Cleric, when to perform duties of the Chair 1 2 5 

Claims rejected by the Senate can not be again referred unless 

new evidence be presented 31 - 37 

Adversely reported on can not be withdrawn without 
lea\dng copies 30 2 37 

The papers may be sent to the proper officer by the Sec- 
retary. "\^Tiere acts have passed for private 30 1 36 

Papers in relation to, to be transmitted by Secretary of 
Senate to committee ha\T.ng claim under consideration. 3.1 - 37 

After adverse report agreed to papers can not be with- 
drawn from Senate files to be referred unless on new 
evidence 31 - 37 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 57 

Riile. Clause. Page. 

Close debate, motion to, to be signed by sixteen Senators 22 - 25 

To be decided by a two-thirds vote without debate 22 - 26 

After vote to, a Senator may speak one hour 22 - 26 

Closed doors. On the discussion of a subject which may re- 
quh'e secrecy, the galleries shall be cleared and the 

doors closed 35 - 40 

Cloture 22 - 25-26 

Commit. After the thhxl reading and before the passage of a 

bill a motion may be made to 15 2 19 

^\nien a question is pending, theorderstatedin which a mo- 
tion may be made to 22 - 25 

A motion to, not open to amendment except to add in- 
structions , 26 1 34 

Committee of the Whole. All bills and joint resolutions shall, 

before passage, be first considered as in 15 1 19 

When a bill is recommitted and again reported, it shall 

be again considered as in 15 2 19 

Treaties when acted upon in executive session shall be 

first considered as in 37 1 42 

Committee on Rules, to have control of Senate wing of the 

Capitol building, its corridors, etc 34 2 39-40 

Committees. Orderin which the Chair shall call for reports of. 7 1 10 
The standing committees, unless otherwise ordered, shall 

be appointed by ballot 24 1 27 

A majority of votes necessary to the choice of a chairman. 24 1 27 
Select committees and the residue of the standing com- 
mittees may be chosen by a plurality 24 1 27 

Vacancies in committees when filled shall be only to fill 

up the number of members 24 2 27 

Enumeration of the standing committees to be appointed 

at the commencement of each Congress 25 1 27-33 

A motion to refer to a standing committee shall take pre- 
cedence of a motion to refer to a select committee 26 1 34 



58 INDEX TO THE STANDING KULES OF THE SENATE. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Committees — (continued). A motion to refer shall not be open 

to amendment, except to add instructions 26 1 34 

All reports of committees shall lie one day for consider- 
ation 26 2 34 

Quoriun of, when composed of more than three Senators, 

the committee to fix number to constitute a 25 3 33-34 

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the 
Senate, on Printing, and on the Library, shall con- 
tinue and have power to act until their successors are 
appointed 25 2 33 

Committees of conference shall be always in order, except, 
etc., and the question of their consideration shall be 
immediately put without debate, reports of 27 i 34 

Communications from State legislatures, etc., when printed 
in the Record, to be filed in office of Secretaiy of the 
Senate 7 6 12 

Concurrent and other resolutions. Order in which the Chair 

shall call for, under ' * morning business " 7 1 10 

Conference. Reports of committees of conference shall always 
be in order, and the question of their consideration be 

immediately put ^vithout debate 27 1 34 

New matter may not be included in reports of com- 
mittees of 27 2 35 

Confidential communications from the President, and all 
treaties, proceedings, and remarks thereon, shall be 
kept secret 36 3 41 

Confidential business of the Senate. Penalties for disclosing 

the 36 4 42 

Shall be kept in a separate book 4 2 7 

Contingent fund of the Senate shall be referred to the Com- 
mittee on Contingent Expenses. All resolutions for the 
payment of money from the 25 1 28 

Court of Claims. To refer private bills to the 15 3 19 

Conventions shall be printed in full in the Record. Communi- 
cations from State legislatures or 7 6 12, 13 

Credentials. The presentation of shall always be in order, and 

be proceeded with until disposed of by the Senate 6 1 8 



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59 



D. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Daily sessions. Commencement of 3 - 6 

Day certain. When a question is pending, a motion may be 

made to postpone to a 22 - 25 

Debate. If a Senator in speaking, or otherwise, trangress the 
niles, the Presiding Officer shall, or any Senator may, 
call him to order 19 4 23 

When called to order he shall sit down, and shall not pro- 
ceed without leave of the Senate 19 4 23 

If leave be granted to proceed, it shall be on motion, and 
determined without 19 4 23 

If a Senator be called to order for words spoken in 
debate, the exceptional words, if required, shall be 
taken down 19 5 23 

The Presiding Officer shall name the Senator who is to 
speak, who, in all cases, shall be the Senator who shall 
first address the Chair 19 1 22 

No Senator shall interrupt another without his consent, 
to obtain which he shall first addi-ess the Chair 19 1 22-23 

No Senator shall impute to another Senator any conduct 
or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator 19 2 23 

No Senator shall refer offensively to any State of the 
Union 19 3 23 

No Senator shall speak more than twice on any one ques- 
tion on the same day without leave of the Senate, to be 
determined without 19 1 23 

A motion to close, signed by sixteen Senators 22 - 25 

To be decided by a two-thirds vote, without debate 22 - 25-26 

Upon the merits of the question. A motion to take up a 
subject shall be decided without 7 3 11 

Petitions and memorials to be presented and referred 
without 7 5 12 

No Senator to speak but once, and for five minutes only, on 
bills and resolutions upon the Calendar not objected to. 8 - 13 

A motion to lay before the Senate any bill or other matter 
sent to the Senate by the President or House of Repre- 
sentatives shall be decided without 7 7 13 



60 INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

Debate — Continued. Euie. clause. Page. 

A motion made before 2 o'clock to proceed to the con- 
sideration of any matter shall be determined Avithout . . 8 - 14 
A motion to change the order of special orders or to pro- 
ceed to the consideration of other business shall be 

decided without 10 2 15 

Decision is annoimced. No Senator shall, under any circum- 
stances, be permitted to vote after a 12 1 16 

But he may, for special reasons, by imanimous consent, 

change or withdraw his vote after a 12 1 16 

Any motion or resolution may be withdi-awn or modified, 
except a motion to reconsider before an amendment, 

ordering the yeas and nays, or before a 21 2 24 

Departments, heads of, no communications to be sent by, 
except authorized by law unless transmitted by the 

President 7 (Note) 10 

Dilatory motions. When motion to close debate is agreed to, 

no, nor dilatory amendments are in order 22 - 26 

Diplomatic and Consular appropriation bill shall be re- 
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 16 1 20 

Discharge of a committee. A motion to discharge a committee 

from a subject shall Lie one day for consideration, imless. 26 2 34 
All subjects from which a committee shall be discharged 

shall also lie one day for consideration, unless 26 2 34 

Division of a question. If the question in debate contain 

several points any Senator may have the same divided . . 18 - 22 

A motion to strike out and insert shall not be divided 18 - 22 

Doors to he closed. On the discussion of any business which 
may in the opinion of a Senator require secrecy, upon 
a motion made and seconded the Presiding Officer shall 
directthe 35 - 40 



INDEX TO THE STANDING EULES OF TPIE SENATE. 6 1 

E. 

Rule. Clause . Page. 

Enrolled bills. (See Bills and joint resolutions.) 
Exceptionable words shall be taken down. If a Senator be 

called to order for words spoken in debate, the 19 5 23 

Excused from voting. In calling the yeas and nays, each 
Senator, when his name is called, shall answer without 
debate, unless for special reasons he be 12 1 16 

When reasons shall be assigned for not voting, their suffi- 
ciency shall be determined without debate 12 2 16 

These proceedings shall be after the roll is called, and 

before the decision is announced 12 2 18 

Executive business, a motion to proceed to consideration of, 

shall be decided without debate 22 - 25 

The President shall have a seat on the right of the Chair 
when he shall meet the Senate for consideration of 36 1 40 

The Senate shall be cleared of all persons except the offi- 
cers in attendance (who shall be sworn to secrecy) when 
acting upon. (See also note.) ,....36 2 40,41 

Unless the Senate is in open Executive session 36 2 40 

All confidential communications made by the President, 
and all treaties, and remarks, votes, and proceedings 
thereon, shall be kept secret, except as provided 36 3 41 

Any person who shall disclose the secret proceedings of 
the Senate shall, if a Senator, be liable to expulsion; if 
an officer, to dismissal 36 4 42 

All documents or papers communicated to the Senate by 
the President or the head of any Department, relating 
to any matter secret or confidential imder the rules, 
shall be considered as confidential 36 5 42 

Proceedings upon treaties, (See Treaties.) 

Proceedings upon nominations. (See Nominations.) 
Executive record. The President shall, from time to time, be 

furnished with an authenticated transcript of the 39 - 46 

No further extracts shall be furnished by the Secretary 

without an order of the Senate 39 - 46 

Executive proceedings of the Senate shall be kept in a separate 

book 4 2 7 



62 INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

Rule. Clause. Page» 

Extra copies of documents shall be referred to the Committee 

on Printing. Motion to print 29 2 36 

When the cost of add! tional copies shall exceed five hun- 
dred dollars the concurrence of the House shall be 
necessary 29 2 36 

Extracts from the Executive Journal shall not be given with- 
out an order of the Senate 39 - 46 



P. 

Floor of the Senate. Persons entitled to admission to the.... 33 -38,39 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 63 

G. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Galleries, confusion in the, etc., duty of Chair to enforce order 

in 19 6 23 

Galleries to he cleared and the doors closed, on discussing a 
question requiring secrecy. The Chair shall direct the, 

on a motion made, etc 35 - 40 

General appropriation bills. All general appropriation bills 
shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 
except the bill making appropriations for rivers and 
harbors, the Agricultural bill, the Army and the Mili- 
tary Academy bills. Diplomatic and Consular bill, the 
Indian bill, the naval bill, the pension bill, and the 
Post Office bill 16 1 20 

To proceed to the consideration of, a privileged motion. . 9 - 14 

Amendments to. No amendments shall be received which 
shall increase the appropriation, unless to carry out 
some existing law or treaty or resolution of the Senate, or 
by direction of a standing or select committee, or in pur- 
suance of an estimate of the head of a department 16 1 20 

All amendments proposing to increase an appropriation 
shall one day previous to being offered be referred to 
the Com m ittee on Appropriations 16 2 20-21 

No amendment shall be proposed to an amendment in- 
creasing the amoimt in such amendment 16 2 20-21 

Amendments moved by direction of a committee shall be 
first referred to the Committee on Appropriations 16 2 20-21 

No amendment proposing general legislation, or that is 
not germane or relevant to the subject of the bill, shall 

bereceived 16 3 21 

General appropriation bills. No amendment to any item or 
clause that does not directly relate thereto shall be 
received 16 3 21 

All questions of relevancy or amendments shall be de- 
cided by the Senate without debate 16 3 21 

No amendment providing for a private claim, unless to 
carry out a law or treaty stipulation, shall bereceived. 16 4 21 

Any amendment to a general appropriation bill may be 
laid on the table 16 3 21 



64 INDEX TO THE STANDING UTILES OF THE SENATE. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

General legislation to general appropriation bills. No amend- 
ment shall be admitted proposing 16 3 21 

General orders. (See Calendar.) 

Germane. No amendment to any appropriation bill shall be 

offered which is not relevant or 16 3 21 



I. 

Impeachment, court of. Proceedings recorded 4 2 7 

Indefinite postponement. When a question is pending, a mo- 
tion may be made for 22 - 25 

Indian treaties shall, unless transmitted by the President in 

confidence, be acted upon in legislative session 37 3 44 

Injunction of secrecy. All confideutial communications from 
the President, and all treaties, and remarks and pro- 
ceedings thereon, are embraced within the 36 3 41 

All information given or remarks made by a Senator 
touching the character or qualifications of a nominee, 
and all votes on a nomination, are within the 38 2 45 

A person nominated may be notified of charges made 
against him, but the name of the person making them 
shall not be disclosed 38 2 45 

A Senator disclosing the confidential or secret business of 
the Senate shall be liable to expulsion 36 4 42 

An officer of the Senate committing a like offense shall be 
dismissed and punished for contempt 36 4 42 



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65 



Rule. Clause. Page. 

Journal. A quorum being present, the Journal of the pre- 
vious day's session shall be read, and any mistake in 
the entries corrected 3 1 6-7 

The reading of the, shall not be suspended unless by 
unanimous consent 3 1 7 

A motion to amend the Journal shall be deemed a privi- 
leged question and be proceeded with until disposed of. 3 1 7 

The proceedings of the Senate shall be briefly and accu- 
rately stated on the 4 1 7 

Journal. Every vote of the Senate, and a brief statement 
of each memorial or paper presented, shall be entered 
on the 4 17 

The legislative, executive, and impeachment proceedings 

of the Senate shall be each recorded in a separate 4 2 7 



L. 

Laid on the table. The preamble to a bill or resolution may, 

without carrying the bill or resolution, be 23 - 26 

A. motion to reconsider may be, without carrying the 
subject, and shall be a final disposition thereof 13 1 17 

An amendment to a general appropriation bill may be. .. 16 3 21 

An appeal from the decision of the Chair may be 20 1 24 

When a question is pending, a motion may be made to lay 
on the table, which shall be decided without debate. . . 22 - 25 

Leave to introduce a bill. May be offered if no objection 14 1 18 

Leave of the Senate. A motion to reconsider shall not be 

withdrawn without 21 2 24 

No Senator shall absent himself from the service of the 

Senate without 5 17 

No Senator shall speak more than twice on any one ques- 
tion on the same day without 19 1 23 

A Senator when called to order shall sit down and shall 
not proceed without 19 4 23 

No memorial or other paper, except original treaties, 

shall be withdrawn without 30 1 36 

Legislative business. The legislative business of the Senate 
shall be continued from session to session of the same 
Congi-ess 32 - 37 

The legislative proceedings of the Senate shall be recorded 

in a separate book 4 2 7 

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66 INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

M. 

Rule. Clause. Page, 

Majmity. A motion to reconsider a vote may be decided 

bya 13 1 17 

All questions upon a treaty, except on the question of 
ratification, and on a motion to postpone indefinitely, 

shall be by a 37 1 43 

Measure. Motion to close debate on a pending 22 - 25 

To be decided by a two-thirds vote, without debate 22 - 26 

After agreeing to vote on, a Senator may only speak one 

hour, and amendments 22 - 26 

Memorials aiid petitions shall be referred without putting the 

question 7 4 11-12 

Before being presented or read they shall be signed, in- 
dorsed with a brief statement of their contents, and 
referred without debate 7 5 12 

Manner of presentation of after morning houi' 7 2 10-11 

Of foreign citizens or subjects shall not be received unless 
through the President 7 5 12 

Where an adverse report has been made they shall not be 
withdrawn, unless copies are left with the Secretary. . . 30 2 37 

Shall not be withdi^awn from the files without leave of 
the Senate 30 1 36 

When an act has passed for the settlement of a private 
claim, the Secretary may transmit the papers to the 
accounting officers 30 1 36 

To print in Record, from the States, and then file in Secre- 
tary 's office 7 6 12 

Merits of the question proposed to be considered. It shall 

not be in order to discuss the 7 3 11 

Messages from the President and from the House of Repre- 
sentatives may be received at any stage of the proceed- 
ings except 28 1 35 

To the House and communications to the President 

shall be taken by the Secretary 28 2 35 

Modify the Rules. (See Rules.) 

Mondays, calendar shall be called on, under Rule VIII 7 3 11 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RITLES OF THE SENATE. 67 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Morning business. Order in wMch it is laid before the Sen- 
ate, after the Journal is read 7 1 10 

Until concluded, or until 1 o'clock, no motion to proceed 
to the consideration of any bill, resolution, etc., upon 
the Calendar shall be entertained unless by unanimous 
consent, and shail not be subject to amendment, and 
shall be decided without debate on the merits of the 

subject 7 3 11 

Morning business. At the conclusion of the, for each day, 
unless otherwise ordered, the Calendar of Bills and 
Resolutions shall be proceeded vvith until 2 o'clock 8 - 13 

The order of, which shall not be interrupted, unless by 

unanimous consent, prescribed 7 1 10 

No motion to proceed to the consideration of subjects 
on the Calendar shall be received during, or up to 1 
o'clock, except by unanimous consent, duiing the 7 3 11 

A motion received by unanimous consent to take up a 
subject shall not be open to amendment, and shall be 
decided without debate on the merits of the question. .73 11 
Morning hour. Terminates two houi'S after meeting of Senate . 8 (Note 3) 13 

During the, no motion shall be entertained, except 7 3 11 

Motions. A motion to lay before the Senate bills or other 
matter sent to the Senate by the President or House of 
Representatives, in order at any time 7 7 13 

To reconsider shall be decided by a majority vote 13 1 17 

Before a motion shall be debated it shall, if required, be 
reduced to writing 21 1 24 

Which may be made when a question is under considera- 
tion; their order and precedence 22 - 25 

A motion or resolution may be withdrawn or modified 
before a division, amendment, or ordering of the yeas 
andnays 21 2 24 

A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without 
leave of the Senate 21 2 24 

A motion to close debate signed by sixteen Senators 22 - 25 

To be decided by a two-thirds vote, without debate 22 - 26 

A motion to discharge a committee shall lie over one day 
for consideration, unless by unaiiimous consent 26 2 34 



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INDEX TO THE STAXDIXG RULES OF THE SENATE. 



N. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

New matter may not be included in conference reports 27 2 34, 35 

Nominations. The question on their confirmation shall not 
be put on the same day on which they are received, nor 
on the day on which they may be reported, unless 38 1 44, 45 

Shall be prepared for the printer by the Official Reporter, 
and printed in the Record; also nominations recalled, 
confirmations, and rejections 38 (Note)44 

The Secretary' shall furnish the Official Reporters with a 
list of nominations, and a like list of all confiirmations 
and rejections : 38 (Note)44 

The Secretary shall furnish to the press, and to the public 
upon request, the names of nominees confirmed or 
rejected, except 38 (Note)44 

Discussions upon the character and qualifications of a 
nominee and the votes upon a nomination shall be 
keptsecret 38 2 45 

The person nominated may be notified of charges against 
him, but the name of the party making them shall not 
be disclosed 38 2 45 

A motion to reconsider the vote on a nomination may be 

made within next two days of actual session 38 3 45 

Notice of confirmation shall not be sent to the President 
until the expiration of next two days of actual session. . 38 4 45 

When the President has been notified of a confirmation, 
a motion to reconsider must be accompanied by a re- 
quest to the President to return the notification of con- 
firmation 38 3 45 

A motion to reconsider the vote on a nomination may be 
laid on the table, which shall be final 38 3 45 

Upon an adjournment of Congress, or a recess of more than 
thirty days, all motions to reconsider shall fall, and the 
nominations stand as confirmed or rejected, as the case 
maybe 38 5 46 

Not confirmed or rejected at one session shall not be con- 
sidered at the next session unless renominated 38 6 46 

Upon an adjournment of Congress, or on taking a recede 
of thirty days, all nominations not finally acted upon 
shall be returned to the President 38 6 46 



INDEX TO THE STANDING EXILES OF THE SENATE. 69 

O. 

Rule. Clause, Page. 

Oaths of office. The oaths required by the Constitution and 
prescribed by law shall be taken and subscribed by Sen- 
ators in open Senate before entering upon their duties. . 2 - 6 

Forms of 48 

Order of business. After the conclusion of the morning busi- 
ness, prescribed 8 - 13 

After the consideration of cases not objected to upon the 
Calendar is completed, and not later than 2 o'clock, 

prescribed 9 - 14 

Order in debate. When a Senator shall be called to order, he 
shall sit down, and shall not proceed without leave of 
the Senate, which shall be determined without debate. 19 4 23 

No Senator shall speak to or interrupt another without 
his consent, to obtain which he shall first address the 

Chair 19 1 22-23 

. No Senator shall impute to another Senator any conduct 

or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator 19 2 23 

No Senator shall refer offensively to any State of the 
Union 19 3 23 

If a Senator be called to order for words spoken in de- 
bate, the exceptionable words, if required, shall be 
takendown 19 5 23 

The Presiding Officer shall name the Senator who is to 
speak, who shall in all cases be the one who shall first 
address the Chair 19 1 22 

No Senator shall speak more than twice on any one ques- 
tion on the same day without leave of the Senate, to be 
determined without debate 19 1 22, 23 

A motion to take up a subject shall not be open to debate 
on the merits of the subject proposed to be considered. . 7 3 11 
Order in the galleries. (See Galleries.) 

Order, questions of. A question of order may be raised at any 
time except, and shall be decided by the Chair with- 
out debate 20 1 24 

An appeal may be taken from the decision of the Chair 
on a question of order 20 1 24 



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INDEX TO THE STANDING RUI.ES OF THE SENATE. 



Order, questions o/— Continued. Rule. clause. Page. 

The Chair may submit any question of order to the deci- 
sion of the Senate 20 2 24 

When an appeal is taken from the decision of the Chair, 
any subsequent question of order or appeal shall be 
decided without debate 20 1 24 

An appeal may be laid on the table, which shall be 
regarded as sustaining the decision of the Chair 20 1 24 

When motion to close debate is agreed to, all, including 
relevancy of amendments and appeals, to be decided 
without debate 22 - 26 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 71 

P. 

Rule. Clause. Page, 

Papers. When the reading of a paper is called for, and ob- 
jection be made, it shall be submitted to the Senate 

without debate 11 - 15 

PrintiQgof 29 135-36 

No papers, except original treaties, shall, without leave 
of the Senate, be withdrawn from its files 30 1 36 

"When an act has passed for the settlement of a private 
claim, the Secretary may transmit the papers to the ac- 
counting officers 30 1 36 

When a claim has been adversely reported on, and the 
report be agreed to, the papers shall not be referred 
from the files without new evidence 31 - 37 

Where an adverse report has been made, papers shall not 
be withdrawn without leaving copies with the Secretary. 30 2 37 
Pending measure. Amendment proposed to any, is laid on 
the table without carrying the measure to the table or 
prejudicing the same 17 - 22 

To close debate on a 22 - 25, 26 

Petitions, before being presented, must be signed, indorsed 
with a brief statement of their contents, and referred 
without debate 7 5 12 

Manner of presentation of 7 2 11 

Order in which the Chair shall call for, in the morning hour 7 1 10 

Order to print in Record covers body of petition only 7 (Note 1)12 

No petition or other paper signed by citizens or subjects 
of a foreign power shall be received unless through the 
President 7 5 12,13 

To print, from the States, in Record and then filed in Sec- 
retary's office 7 6 12, 13 

Petitions. Every petition shall be referred without putting the 

question, unless there be objection 7 4 11-12 

Plurality of votes. Select committees and the members of 
standing committees (except the chairman) shall be 

electedbya 24 1 27 

Postpone indefinitely. "V^Tien a question is pending, a motion 

may be made to.. 22 - 25 



72 IXDEX TO THE STANDIXG EUILES OF THE SEXATE. 

Rule. Clauee. Page. 

Preamble to a resolution. The question shall be first put 

upon the resolution, and last on the preamble 23 - 26 

To a bill or resolution may be withdrawn before an 
amendment or ordering of the yeas and nays. It may 

also be laid on the table 23 - 26 

Preamble. To a bill or resolution shall be last put to ques- 
tion, and may also be laid on the table 23 - 26 

President of the United States. Heads of departments not to 

send communications except through the 7 (Note) 10 

President pro tempore. (See Presiding Officer.) 
Presiding Officer of the Senate. In the absence of the Vice- 
President, the Senate shall choose a 11 5 

Tenure of office of President pro tempore l(Note 1) 5 

In the absence of the Vice-President and pending the 
election of a President pro tempore, the Secretary, or, 
in his absence, the Chief Clerk, shall perform the 
duties of the 12 5 

He shall have the right to name a Senator to occupy the 

Chair, who shall not hold beyond an adjournment except 13 5 

In the event of a vacancy in the office of Vice-President 
the, shall have the right to name a Senator to occupy 
theChair 14 6 

He may at any time lay before the Senate bills or other 
matter sent to the Senate by the President or House of 
Representatives 7 7 13 

The Presiding Officer shall decide every question of order 
without debate, subject to an appeal to the Senate 20 1 24 

He may submit any question of order without decision 
totheSenate 20 2 24 

Senator designated by President pro tempore to perform 

duties of the Chair may sign enrolled bills (Note 1) 6 

Printing. Every motion to print, except to print bills, 
reports of committees, resolutions, communications 
from State legislatures and conventions, and motions 
to print, made by dii'ecticn of committees, shall be 
referred to the Committee on, unless 29 1 35-36 

All reports of committees, unless for the dispatch of 
business the printing be dispensed with, shall be 
printed 29 3 36 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 73 

Rule. Clause. Page, 

Printing, Committee on. Motions to print additional numbers 

shall be referred to the 29 2 36 

When the cost of printing additional numbers shall exceed 

five hundred dollars, it shall be by concurrent resolution. 29 2 36 

Every bill, joint resolution, and report of committee shall 

be printed unless 29 3 36 

Private bill. May be referred to Court of Claims 15 3 19 

Private claim. No memorial or other papers relating to, shall 

be withdrawn from the files without leave of the Senate . 30 1 36 

Where a private act has passed, the Secretary may trans- 
mit the papers to the officer charged with the settlement. 30 1 36 
No private claim, which has been rejected, shall be again 

referred from the files without new evidence 31 - 37 

Where an adverse report has been made on a private claim, 

the papers shall not be withdrawn without leaving copies 30 2 37 
No amendment shall be proposed to any general appro- 
priation bill whose object is to provide for a, unless 16 4 21 

Private secretary of Senator shall not be admitted to the floor 

until borne upon the rolls of the Secretary as such 33 - 39 

Privileged motions, save as against a motion to adjourn, to 
proceed to Executive business, or questions of privilege, 

and shall be decided without debate 9 - 14 

Primleges of the floor 33 - 38, 39 



74 INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 

Rule. Clause. Page, 

QiLcstion of order shall be decided by the Chair, without 

debate, subject to an appeal to the Senate. Every 20 1 24 

When motion to close debate is agreed to, every, including 
relevancy of amendments and appeals, to be decided 

without debate 22 - 26 

Question of order. The Chair may submit any question of or- 
der to the decision of the Senate 20 2 24 

When an appeal is taken from the decision of the Chair, 
any subsequent question of order or appeal shall be de- 
cided without debate 20 1 24 

An appeal from the decision of the Chair may be laid on 
the table, which shall be held to affirm the decision of 

the Chair 20 1 24 

Question of privilege. A motion to amend or coiTect the 
Journal shall be deemed a, and shall be proceeded with 
until disposed of 3 1 7 

When in order 6 1 8 

Certain privileged motions may be submitted 9 - 14 

Question under debate contains several points, any Senator 

may call for a division. If the 18 - 22 

Butamotion to strike out and insert shall not be divided. 18 - 22 

But, pending a motion to strike out and insert, each part 
shall be regarded as a question; and the part to be 

stricken out shall be first open to amendment 18 - 22 

Quorum. The journal of the proceedings of the preceding 

day shall be read, there being present a 3 1 6-7 

Shall consist of a majority of the Senators duly chosen 
and sworn 3 2 7 

The presence of a quorum being questioned, the Chair shall 
direct the roll to be called to ascertain the presence of a. 5 2 7-8 

A majority of the Senators present may request or com- 
pel the attendance of Senators to make a 5 3* 8 

Pending the execution of the order requiring the pres- 
ence of absent Senators, no debate or motion shaU be 
in order but to adjourn 5 3 8 

Ko request for unanimous consent for final vote on a bill, 
etc. , shall be submitted until a roll call shows a, present. 12 3 16-17 

Of committees, composed of more than three Senators to 
be fixed by the members 25 3 33-34 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. . 75 

R. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Reading of a paper. When the reading of a paper is called 
for, and it be objected to, it shall be decided by the 

Senate without debate 11 - 15 

Recess. Pending the consideration of a question, a motion, 
which shall be decided without debate, may be made for 

a 22 - 25 

Recess of the Senate for more than thirty days. All nomina- 
tions and motions to reconsider nominations shall fall 

upon a 38 5 46 

Reconsideration. A motion to reconsider may be made by 

any Senator voting on the side that prevaMed 13 1 17 

A motion to reconsider may be made within the two next 
days of actual session, and shall be decided by a majority 13 1 17 

When a bill or other matter shall have gone out of the 
possession of the Senate, the motion to reconsider shall 
be accompanied by a request for the return of the same - . 13 2 17 

Which last motion shall be determined at once and with- 
out debate 13 2 17 

If the Senate shall refuse to reconsider a vote, or upon 
consideration shall reaffirm its first decision, it shall not 

be in order to move to reconsider unless 13 1 17 

Reconsideration. A motion to reconsider may be laid on the 

table without prejudice to the main question 13 1 17 

And if laid on the table, shall be a final disposition of 
the motion 13 1 17 

A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without 
leave of the Senate...... 21 2 24 

A motion to reconsider a vote on a nomination may be 
laid on the table, and shall be final. 38 3 45 

A motion to reconsider a vote on a nomination retm^ned 
to the President must be accompanied by a request for 
its return to the Senate 38 3 45 

Motions to reconsider nominations shall fall, upon a recess 

of thirty days or on final adjournment 38 5 46 

Record, to print in communications from legislatures or con- 
ventions, etc 7 6 12,13 

Reduced to writing. Before a motion shall be debated, if re- 
quired, it shall be 21 1 24 



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INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



Rule. Clause. Page. 

Reference to a committee. A motion to refer shall not be open 

to amendment unless it be to a'dd in^ructions 26 1 34 

A motion to refer to a standing committee shall have prece- 
dence of a motion to refer to a select committee 26 1 34 

Every bill and joint resolution shall be read twice before.. 14 3 18 

Before the final vote on the passage of a bill or resolution 

it shall be in order to move its 15 2 19 

Relevant to the subject-mutter thereof. No amendment shall be 
proposed to any general appropriation bill which shall 

not be germane or 16 3 21 

Re-ports of committees . The order in which they shall be called 

for by the Chair under "morning buisness " 7 1 10 

If objected to, the consideration of the report of a com- 
mittee shall lie over one day 26 2 34 

All reports of committees shall be printed, unless for the 

dispatch of business the printing be dispensed with 29 3 36 

Reports of committees of conference shall always be in order, 
and when made the question of their consideration 
shall be immediately put and decided without debate. . 27 1 34 
Resolutions. The order in which they shall be called for by 

the Chair under ' 'morning business " 7 1 10 

Not objected to, to be taken up in theii' order 8 - 13 

When accompanied by a preamble, the question shall be 
first put on the resolution, then on the preamble, which 
may be withdrawn or laid on the table 23 - 26 

A resolution may be withdrawn or modified by the mover 
before an amendment or ordering of the yeas and nays. . 21 2 24 

A resolution to pay money out of the contingent fund 
shall be referred to the Committee on Contingent 
Expenses 25 1 - 28 

All resolutions shall, if their consideration be objected 

to, lie over one day 14 5 19 

Revenue bills, to proceed to the consideration of, a privileged 

motion 9 - 14 

Rules. No motion to suspend, modify, or amend any rule, 

except on one day's notice in writing 40 - 47 

Any rule may be suspended, modified, or amended with- 
out notice by unanimous consent, except Rule XII.. 40 - 47 

But no motion shall be in order to suspend Rule XII, in 

[40 - 47 
respect to voting L^ ^ ^^ 



IXDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 77 

S. 

Rule. Clause. Fage. 

Secrecy. The galleries shall be cleared and the doors closed 

on the discussion of a question that may require 35 - 40 

All confidential communications from the President, and 
all treaties and debates and proceedings thereon, shall 
bekeptsecret 36 3 41 

All matters touching the character and qualifications of 
a nomination, and all votes and proceedings thereon, 
shall be kept secret 38 2 45 

Removal of injunction of secrecy from Report of Com- 
mittee on Rules. (Note 1) 36 3 41 

Removal of injimction of secrecy from any part of the 
proceedings shall be entered in the Legislative Journal 
and Executive Journal, and published in the Record 
(Notel) 36 3 41 

A Senator disclosing the confidential or secret business 
of the Senate shall be liable to expulsion 36 4 42 

An officer of the Senate committing a like offense shall 
be dismissed and punished for a contempt 36 4 42 

All documents or papers communicated to the Senate by 
the President or the head of any department, relating 
to any matter secret or confidential under the rules, 

siiaU be considered as confidential 36 5 42 

Secretary oj the Senate. "WTien to perform duties of the Chair. 12 5 

To keep record oi certificates of election of Senators 6 2 8-9 

To transmit papers in relation to claims to committee 
before whom claim is pending 31 - 37 

To file in office of, State petitions and memorials printed 

in Congressional Record 7 6 12-13 

Senate Chamber. Shall not be granted for any other purpose 

than for the use of the Senate 34 1 39 

Senate Chamber. No smoking permitted in the 34 1 39 

When confusion arises in the, or galleries, Chair on his own 
motion must enforce order 19 6 23 



78 Index to the standing rules of the senate. 

Rule. Clause. Paget 

Senators. Not to absent themselves from the service of the 

Senate without leave • 5 1 7 

Not speak but once, and for five minutes only, on bills 

and resolutions on the Calendar not objected to 8 - 13 

After a motion is agreed to to close debate on a pending 
measure and amendments, no Senator may speak more 

than one hour 22 - 26 

Smoking. Shall not be permitted in the Senate Chamber 34 1 39 

Special orders. The unfinished business shall take precedence 

ofthe 10 1 15 

Consideration of the Calendar of bills and resolutions at 
the conclusion of morning business until 2 o'clock takes 

precedence of, 8 - 13-14 

Any subject may be made a special order by a vote of two- 
thirds ". 10 1 15 

Unless there be unfinished business, the Chair shall lay 

before the Senate the 10 1 15 

Special orders for same hour and day shall have preced- 
ence according to time at which they were made such.. 10 2 15 
Special orders shall not lose their character as such unless 

by a vote of the Senate 10 2 15 

Every special order sh-all, unless there be unfinished busi- 
ness, be laid before the Senate when the horn- assigned 

shall arrive 10 1 15 

All motions to change to be decided without debate 10 2 15 

Speak more than twice in any one debate on the same day 

without leave of the Senate. No Senator shall 19 1 23 

Speak. The Presiding Officer shall name who is to speak, but 

the Senator first rising shall be first recognized 19 1 22 

Standing comrraittees 25 - 27-33 

Standing Rules of Senate — - 5 

States, to print in Record, communications from, etc... 7 6 12,13 
Suspension of the rules. One day's notice in wiiting required 

to suspend, amend, or modify any rule of the Senate. .. 40 - 47 
Rule XII, in relation to voting, shall never, under any 

circumstances, be suspended i^_ 7 _. 

12 1 16 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 79 

T. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Table. An amendment to a general appropriation bill may be 

laid on the IG 3 21 

A motion to reconsider may be laid on the 13 1 17 

And if carried shall be held to be a final disposition of the 

motion 13 1 17 

When an amendment proposed to any pending measure is 
laid on the, it shall not carry with it nor prejudice such 
measure 17 - 22 

When a question is pending, a motion may be made to 
lay on the, which shall be decided without debate 22 - 25 

Preamble of a bill or resolution may be withdrawn or laid 
on the, without prejudice to the bill or resolution 23 - 26 

An appeal from the decision of the Chair may be laid on 

the 20 1 24 

If laid on the table, it shall be held as affirming the deci- 
sion of the Chair 20 1 24 

Title. May read bills the first and second times by, only, 

unless 14 2 18 

Treaties. When a treaty is laid before the Senate, no motion 
shall be made in reference to it but to refer or to print 
it, to remove injunction of secrecy, or to consider it in 
open Executive session 37 1 42 

A treaty shall not be considered on the same day that it 

is reported, if objected to 37 1 42 

After being acted upon as in Committee of the Whole it 
shall be reported to the Senate 37 1 42, 43 

When the question will be, if amended, on concurring in 
the amendments made in Committee of the Whole 37 1 43 

Injunction of secrecy may be removed at any stage of 
proceedings, or treaty may be considered in open Ex- 
ecutive session 37 1 43 

After which the resolution of ratification may be pro- 
posed on a subsequent da,y, unless 37 1 43 

When the question shall be on the resolution of ratifica- 
tion, no amendment shall be in order, except 37 1 43 

The question of ratification and a motion to postpone in- 
definitely shall require a vote of two-thirds 37 1 43 

All amendments and other motions may be decided by a 

majority, except a motion to postpone indefinitely 37 1 43 



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INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



Treaties — Continued. ^^e. clause. Page, 

Shall be resumed at the second or any subsequent session 

of same Congress, at the stage when last acted upon 37 2 43 

When proceedings shall terminate with a Congress, they 

shall be resumed de novo 37 2 43, 44 

Indian treaties shall, unless transmitted by the President 

in confidence, be acted upon in legislative session. 37 3 44 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 81 

U. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Unanimous consent. The reading of the Journal may be sus- 
pended by 3 1 7 

Until the morning business is concluded, or until the 
hour of 1 o'clock, no motion to proceed to any other 
subject shall be received, unless by 7 3 11 

After a decision is announced, a Senator may change or 
withdraw his vote by 12 1 16 

When the Senate shall refuse to reconsider a vote, or reaf- 
firm its first decision, no motion to reconsider can be 
received but by 13 1 17 

Each bill shall receive three readings before passage on 
thi'ee different days, unless by 14 2 18 

A bill may be read twice for reference, but not considered 
as in Committee of the Whole, nor debated, unless by. . 14 3 18 

No amendment shall be proposed to a bill on its third 
reading, unless by 15 2 19 

All resolutions shall lie over one day, unless by 14 5 19 

All reports of committees, motions to discharge a com- 
mittee, and subjects from which a committee may be 
discharged, shall lie over one day, unless by 26 2 34 

Any rule of the Senate can be suspended withou.t noticej40 - 47 
by, except as provided in Rule XII (12 1 16 

Treaties shall not be acted upon on the day on which 

they are reported, unless by 37 1 42 

Hesolution of ratification shall not be considered on the 
same day it is proposed, unless by 37 1 43 

Nominations shall not be confirmed on the day they are 
received, or on which reported, unless by 38 1 44-45 

Order of morning business changed only by 7 1 10 

No request for, to vote on a bill, etc., shall be submitted 
until the roll is called to ascertain if a quorum is present. 12 3 16 
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82 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



Rule. Clause. Page. 

Unfinished business sliall have preference over tlie special 

orders 10 1 15 

Consideration of the Calendar of Bills and Resolutions at 
the conclusion of the morning business, until 2 o'clock, 

takes precedence of 8 - 13-14 

Unfinished business of a session. The legislative business of 
the Senate shall be continued from session to session of 
the same Congress 32 - 37 



V. 

Vacancies in committees, when filled by the Presiding Officer, 
shall, unless otherwise ordered, be only to fill up the 

number on the committee 24 

Vice-President. In the absence of the Vice-President, the 

Senate shall choose a President pro tempore 1 

In the absence of the, and pending the election of a Presi- 
dent pro tempore, the Secretary, or, in his absence, the 

Chief Clerk, shall perform the duties of the Chair 1 

Voting. When the yeas and nays are called each Senator 
shall, unless excused from voting, answer when his 
name is called, without debate 12 

Proceedings when a Senator shall be called on for rea- 
sons for declining to vote shall be without debate 12 

Further proceedings shall not be had until after the re- 
sult is announced 12 

A Senator shall not be permitted to vote after the result 
is announced 12 

But he may, for special reasons, by unanimous consent, 
withdraw or change his vote 12 



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16 



16 



16 



16 



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IXDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 83 

W. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Withdrawal of a motion or resolution. A resolution or mo- 
tion may be \vithdi-awn at any time before amendment 
or ordering of the yeas and nays 21 2 24 

Preamble to a resolution may be withdrawn before amend- 
ment or ordering of the yeas and nays 23 - 26 

A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without 

leave of the Senate 21 2 24 

Withdrawal of papers. No papers except original treaties 
shall be withdrawn from the files without leave of the 
Senate 30 1 36 

Where an act has passed for a private claim, the papers 
may be sent by the Secretary to the accounting officers. 30 1 36 

No petition on which an adverse report has been made 
shall be withdrawn without leaving copies 30 2 37 

Claims adversely reported on shall not be again referred 

without new evidence 31 - 37 

Without debate. In ascertaining the presence of a quorum, 

the proceedings shall be 5 2 7-8 

Sergeant-at-Arms may be directed to request or compel 
attendance of absent Senators 5 3 8 

The reading of a paper, when objected to, shall be de- 
cided 11 - 15 

A motion to request the House of Representatives to re- 
turn a bill shall be decided at once, and 13 2 17 

All questions of relevancy of amendments under Rule 
XVI shall be decided 16 3 21 

A motion to permit a Senator to proceed in order shall be 
decided 19 4 23 

A motion for leave to speak more than twice in one de- 
bate shall be decided 19 1 23 

All questions of order shall be decided by the Chair 20 1 24 

Subsequent questions of order and appeals shall be 
decided 20 1 24 



84 INDEX TO THE STANDING EULES OF THE SENATE. 

Without debate — Continued. Rule, clause. Page. 

Motions to adjourn, for a recess, for executive business, 

and to lay on the table shall be decided 22 - 25 

A motion to proceed to consideration of a conference 

report shall be decided 27 1 34 

Each Senator, when the yeas and nays are called, shall, 

when his name is called, answer 12 1 16 

Keasons for excusing a Senator from voting shall be 

determined 12 2 16 

Motion signed by sixteen Senators to bring debate to a close 

on a pending measure shall be decided 22 - 25-26 

Points of order, questions of relevancy, and appeals relat- 
ing to above motion to be decided 22 - 26 

Words exceptionable spoken in debate, if required, shall be 

taken down in writing 19 5 23 



INDEX TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE. 



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Y. 

Rule. Clause. Page. 

Yeas and nays. Each Senator shall, when his name is called, 

answer openly, and without debate 1 12 1 16 

A Senator shall be reqmi^ed to assign reasons for not 
voting, which shall be without debate 12 2 16 

He shall not be called on for reasons for not voting until 
after the roll call and before the result of the vote is 
announced 12 2 16 

Other proceedings shall be after such announcement .... 12 2 16 

A Senator shall not be permitted to vote after the result 
is announced 12 1 16 

For special reasons, by unanimous consent, he may with- 
draw or change his vote , 12 1 16 

Any motion or resolution may be withdrawn or modified 
by the mover at any time before a decision, amend- 
ment, or ordering of the 21 2 24 



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RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SENATE WING 
OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 



ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES. 



RLXE I. 



SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, under the direction of 
the Presiding Officer, shall be the Executive Officer of the 
body for the enforcement of ail rules made by the Committee 
on Rules for the regulation of the Senate Wing of the Capitol 
and Senate Annex. The Senate floor shall be at all times 
under his immediate supervision, and he shall see that the 
various subordinate officers of his department perform the 
duties to which they are especially assigned. 

ASSISTANT SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. 

That the clerk to the Sergeant-at-Arms shall hereafter be 
designated as ''Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms," and shall per- 
form the duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms in his absence, 
except as provided in Rule II. 

RULE II. 

ASSISTANT DOORKEEPER AND ACTING ASSISTANT DOORKEEPER. 

The First Assistant Doorkeeper and Second Assistant 
Doorkeeper shall be assigned, during the daily sessions of the 
Senate, to duty upon the Senate floor. They shall see that 

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104 RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SENATE WING. 

the messengers assigned to the doors upon the Senate floor 
are at their posts, and that the floor and cloakrooms are 
cleared at least £.Ye minutes before the opening of daily 
sessions of all persons not entitled to remain there. In the 
absence of the Sergeant-at-Arms the duties of his office, so 
far as they pertain to the enforcement of rules, shall devolve 
upon the Assistant Doorkeepers in the order of their rank. 

KULE III. 

MESSENGERS ACTING AS ASSISTANT DOORKEEPERS. 

The messengers acting as Assistant Doorkeepers shall be 
assigned to their duties by the Sergeant-at-Arms. 

RULE IV. 



GALLERIES. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms shall keep the aisles of the galleries 
clear, and shall not allow admittance into the galleries of 
more than their seating capacity. 

The galleries of the Senate shall be set apart and occupied 
as follows : 

PRESS GALLERY. 

The gallery in the rear of the Vice-President's chair shall 
be set apart for reporters of daily newspapers. 

Persons desiring admission to the Press Gallery shall make 
appHcation to the Committee on Rules [as required by Rule 
IV for the regulation of the Senate Wing of the United States 
Capitol]; and shall also state, in writing, for what paper or 
papers they are employed; and shall further state that they 
are not engaged in the prosecution of claims pending before 
Congress or the Departments, and will not become so en- 



RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SENATE WING. 105 

gaged while allowed admission to the gallery; and that they 
are not in any sense the agents or representatives of persons 
or corporations having legislation before Congress, and will 
not become such agents or representatives while retaining 
their right to places in the gallery. Visiting joumahsts who 
may be allowed temporary admission to the gallery must 
conform to the restrictions of this rule. 

The apphcations required by above rule (blank forms for 
which can be obtained from the Doorkeeper of the Press Gal- 
lery) shall be authenticated in a manner that shaU be satisfac- 
tory to the Standing Committee of Correspondents, who shall 
see that the occupation of the gallery is confined to bona fide 
telegraphic correspondents of reputable standing in their busi- 
ness, who represent daily newspapers; but not exceeding one 
seat shall be assigned to each paper; and it shall be the duty of 
the said Standing Committee, at their discretion, to report 
violations of the privileges of the gallery to the Senate 
Committee on Rules, and pending action thereon the offend- 
ing correspondent shall be suspended. 

Persons employed in the Executive or Legislative Depart- 
ments of the Government, and persons engaged in other 
occupations whose chief attention is not given to newspaper 
correspondence, shall not be entitled to admission to the 
Press Gallery; and the press Hst in the Congressional Direc- 
tory shall be a hst only of persons whose chief attention is 
given to telegraphic correspondence for daily newspapers. 
Correspondents entitled to the privileges of the Press Gallery 
may be admitted to the Marble Room under such regulations 
as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rides. 

Members of the families of correspondents are not entitled 
to admission to the Press Gallery. 



106 RULES FOR THE REGULATION OE THE SENATE WING. 

The Press Gallery, subject to the supervision and control 
of the Committee on Rules, shall be under the direction of 
the Standing Committee of Correspondents. 

DIPLOMATIC GALLERY. 

The southern gaUery over the main entrance to the Senate 
Chamber shall be set apart for the use of the Diplomatic 
Corps, and no person shall be admitted to it excepting the 
Secretary of State, foreign ministers, their famihes and 
suites, and Senators. 

The cards of admission to said gallery shall be issued by 
the Secretary of State, or the Chairman of the Cormnittee 
on Rules, to such persons as are entitled to its privileges. 

SENATE GALLERY. 

The gallery over the east entrance to the Senate Chamber, 
formerly part of the ladies' gallery, shall be set apart for the 
exclusive use of the families of Senators and guests visiting 
their f amiles who shall be designated by some member of the 
Senator's family. 

No others shall be admitted, either by card or personal 
direction, except by the President and Vice-President to their 
respective reserved seats. 

Employees of the Senate, except those on duty at the 
gallery door, shall be excluded. 

The front seat in the Senate Gallery, next adjoining the 
ladies' gallery, shall be set apart for the use of the President, 
and no person shall be admitted to said seat except upon his 
order. 

The seat immediately in the rear of the President's seat 
shall be set apart for the use of the Vice-President, and no 
person shall be admitted thereto except upon his order. 



RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SENATE WING. 107 



RESERVED GALLERIES. 



The reserved galleries shall be governed by the following 
rule: 

The galleries over the western entrance to the Senate Cham- 
ber and over the northeastern corner of said Chamber shall be 
set apart for the use of the f amihes of Senators, of members 
of the House of Representatives, of Cabinet ministers, and of 
judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. Other 
persons may be adjnitted to said galleries upon the card of a 
Senator. The period to which such card of admission shall 
be limited rests entirely in the discretion of the Senator 
issuing it. 



LADIES GALLERY. 



The gallery extending from the Senate Gallery to the Dip- 
lomatic Gallery shall be set apart for the use of ladies and 
ladies accompanied by gentlemen. 



PUBLIC GALLERIES. 



The galleries on either side of the western reserved gallery 
shall be open to the public. 

RULE V. 



MARBLE ROOM. 

The anteroom known as the Marble Room is set apart for 
Senators and such persons as they may think proper to in- 
vite into the same. During the open sessions of the Senate it 
shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to see that such 
occupation of said room is not interfered with by officers of 
the Senate or other persons. 



108 RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SENATE WING. 

RULE VI. 

CLOAKROOMS. 

No persons shall ]3e admitted to the cloakrooms adjoining 
the Senate Chamber excepting those entitled to the privileges 
of the Senate floor under Standing Rule XXXIII 

RULE VII. 

HEATING AND VENTILATING DEPARTMENT.^ 

No person shall be admitted to the heating and ventilating 
department of the Senate Wing of the Capitol, except upon a 
pass from the Sergeant-at-Ai-ms, or unless accompanied by 
an officer of the Senate. 

RULE VIII. 

BARBER SHOP AND BATHROOMS. 

The barber shop, and bathrooms connected therewith, 
shaU be reserved exclusively for the use of Senators. The 
bathroom in the heating and ventilating department of the 
Senate Wing shall be for the use of employees of the Senate; 
and no other persons shall be entitled to its privileges. 

rlt:.e IX. 

SENATE RESTAURANT. 

The large private room of the restaurant shall be reserved 
exclusively for Senators and their guests. 

The small private room shah be reserved exclusively for 
the use of Senators and Members of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, and such use of the private rooms of the restau- 
rant shall not be interfered with. 

^ See Page 145 Duties Committee on Rules. 



R-CTLES FOR THE REGULATIOX OF THE SENATE WIXG. 109 

The viands served in the restaurant shall be of the best 
quality, and the prices for the same shall not exceed those 
stated in the printed bills of fare, to be previously approved by 
the Chairman of the Committee on Kules, and said prices shall 
be subject to modification from time to time as the Chairman 
of the Committee on Rules may direct. 

The restaurant shall be kept open during the session of the 
Senate and during such other parts of the year as the Commit- 
tee on Rules may dh'ect. 

The caterer shall give his personal attention and care to the 
management of the restaurant. The equipment for the tables 
and for the service shall be first class. No spirituous liquors 
shall be sold, furnished, or kept in the restaurant. AH parts 
of the restaurant, with its kitchen and oSce, shall be kept 
scrupulously clean, and all waste and garbage shall be re- 
moved daily. The rooms and vaults connected with the 
restaurant shall be kept entirely for its use and shall not be 
withdrawn from such use for any purpose. The management 
of the restaurant and all matters connected therewith shall at 
all times be subject to such further directions as the Commit- 
tee on Rules may give. 

RULE X. 



CORRIDORS, ETC. 

The corridors and passageways of the Senate Wing of the 
Capitol shall be kept open and free from obstructions; and no 
stands, booths, or counters for the exhibifion or sale of any 
article shall be placed therein. 



110 RrXES FOR THE REGUIiATION OF THE SENATE WING. 

EULE XI. 

PEDDLING, BEGGINGj ETC. 

Peddling, begging, and the solicitation of book or other 
subscriptions are strictly forbidden in the Senate Wing of the 
Capitol, and no portion of said wing shall be occupied by signs 
or other devices for advertising any article whatsoever, ex- 
cepting time tables in the Post-Office and such signs as may 
be necessary to designate the entrances to the Senate restau- 
rant. 

RULE XII. 

SMOKING. 

Smoking is prohibited in the elevators, corridors, and pas- 
sageways of the Senate Wing of the Capitol. 

EULE XIII. 

CARDS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN THE MORNING HOUR. 

No cards, letters, or other communications, except letters 
from Senators' f amihes, and official communications, shall be 
sent to a Senator in the Chamber during the daily sessions of 
the Senate before 2 o'clock p. m., unless he shall so direct. 

EULE XIV. 

CARDS AND COMMUNICATIONS DURING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 

No cards, letters, or other communications shall be sent to 
Senators in the Chamber when the Senate is in executive ses- 
sion, except cards of Members of the House of Eepresenta- 
tives, calls from the Supreme Court of the United States, 
letters from Senators' famihes, official communications and 
telegrams, unless Senators shall direct the messenger at the 
main door of the Senate Chamber otherwise. 



RUIiES FOR THE EEGUHATION OF THE SENATE WING. Ill 

RULE XV. 

SWEEPING, CLEANING. 

All sweeping, cleaning, and dusting of tile Senate Wing of 
the Capitol shall be done, as far as practicable, immediately 
after the adjournment of each day's session of the Senate, and 
must, in any event, be completed before 8 o'clock a. m. 

EXILE XVI. 

SENATE ANNEX AND OTHER SENATE BUILDINGS. 

All provisions of the foregoing rules so far as practicable 
are made appHcable to the building called the Senate Annex, 
the buildings used for the storage of Senate documents, and 
the Senate stables. 






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